David Muir — $5 million

David Muir is an award-winning journalist who serves as the presenter of World News Tonight, the flagship evening program of ABC News. He also happens to be the co-host of ABC’s news magazine, 20/20. David was the principal replacement host for World News with Diane Sawyer, and owing to his skills and hard work, he was soon offered bigger responsibilities, not to mention a host of awards including an Emmy Award.

Muir is undoubtedly one of the hottest newsmen alive, and he has capitalized on his good looks and his speaking skills to carve a niche for himself in the fiercely competitive broadcast journalism industry. As of now, David is earning an annual salary of $5 million, and he has got an estimated $7.5 million in his banks.

Diane Sawyer — $9 million

As a news anchor for ABC News, Diane Sawyer has tackled a wide variety of issues with her impeccable reporting, long-form interviews as well as deep investigations. Although she has already stepped down from her anchor’s chair, Diane continues to create prime-time specials for the news network. She was also the co-host of Good Morning America, an immensely popular morning show of ABC.

Diane, who was part of former President Nixon’s transition team for a brief period, also spent nine years of her career with the CBS news network.

The 73-year-old is now an ABC News veteran, and she conducts mostly high-profile interviews for the network. While many of her contemporaries have announced their retirement and have chosen a laid-back lifestyle, Diane is still going, and reportedly, she still draws an annual salary of $9 million.  

Katie Couric – $15 Million

Katie Couric has done a fantastic job of increasing her net worth. It’s great to see an aspiring lady whose net worth was $55 million in 2013, has jumped into almost $100 million now. Couric has graced the studios of all Big Three television networks in the United States, and she did it in style.

The graceful lady journalist has published her book The Best Advice I Ever Got: Lessons from Extraordinary Lives in 2004. She instantly became a New York Times best-seller. For her life-long contribution to television, and found a place in the Television Hall of Fame.

So it’s easy to guess that the lady who got her multimedia news and production company previously worked for the likes of NBC, CBS, and ABC. And all the fortune from her massive success will keep her safe from bankruptcy. With a whopping $15 million salary annually, she has truly touched the height of success in her life.

Abby Huntsman — $3 Million

Having started her career when she was still in her teens, Abby Huntsman has come to know and familiarize herself with the nitty-gritty of the TV industry. No wonder she became a professional in just a few years. In 2018, her latest achievement was getting a spot as an anchor in The View!

She was actually doing well in Fox TV and drawing a salary of about $3 million. But going back to ABC — the network from where she had started — must have been an emotional journey for her. It was, however, the desire to do more and not be limited in the present condition that drove her to change jobs.

We are glad she made the right career investments to have reached this place in her life now. She was also at one point the co-host for The View, and The Cycle and has even featured in Outnumbered.

Erin Andrews — $2 Million

Erin Andrews is perhaps one of the most popular female sportscasters of our time. She had started her journey as a freelancer, but soon her spontaneity and her knowledge took her places. Banking on her great skills and stunning looks, she has come a long way in her career today.

With an annual salary of $2 million, Andrews has been able to garner a net worth of $20 million so far. She is mostly famous for her long and successful career at ESPN, especially as the NFL commentator.

Though she had covered other sports like baseball, hockey, and basketball, among others, it was while covering NFL games that she started gaining the attention of many. These days, she hosts the high-profile reality dance show, Dancing With The Stars.

Lara Spencer — $3 Million

Lara Spencer, a New York native, is still associated with ABC News as the co-anchor for their syndicated morning show, Good Morning America. Although Lara announced in 2018 that she would be focusing on her career as a TV producer, she still appears on GMA.

Lara, who was selected as the lifestyle anchor for GMA in 2011, was the national correspondent for the same show for five years before starting her second stint. Lara’s infectious curiosity and great writing skills helped her secure a full-time position with NBC’s biggest morning show.

Spencer, whose annual take-home pay stands at $3 million, has already interviewed some of the biggest Hollywood stars, including Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, and Tom Cruise. We believe the multi-talented woman has got her insurance plans sorted, considering the kind of money she receives for her work.

Erin Burnett – $6 Million

After being a co-host of Squawk on the Street on CNBC and the presenter of Street Signs on CNBC Asia, Erin Burnett is having a wonderful time as the host of CNN’s Erin Burnett OutFront. She has hosted her recent show live from the border of Afghanistan, United Arab Emirates, Rwanda, Mali, and Israel.

She has the distinction of working on plenty of documentaries outside the U.S. Majority of those were shot in Libya, Nigeria, Congo, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Russia, and India.

Erin has been working incessantly since the year 2003. And she has all the energy to work round the clock for another three decades or so. She is in a successful marital relationship with David Rubulotta since the year 2012 and has three children. She adds $6 million to her banks every year.

Robin Roberts — $18 Million

Robin Roberts is almost synonymous with the show, Good Morning America. The ace presenter and TV personality is been a big name in the media for more than 3 decades now. Her stellar career gives her a salary of approximately $18 million which is huge and impressive! She had initially joined ESPN as a sportscaster though.

Over the years, she has been hosting various live as well as recorded shows, and her earnings kept getting higher. With the kind of skills that she has, Roberts has won numerous awards and has a massive fan following. Her latest achievement was co-anchoring the royal wedding of Prince Harry and American TV star Meghan Markle in 2018.

Roberts has even had the opportunity of hosting the pre-show for the Academy Awards not once, but twice! A fun fact about this broadcaster is that she was a star basketball player in her school days!

Charissa Thompson — $1 Million

With an annual salary of $1 million, Charissa Thompson definitely tops the list of affluent TV hosts and commentators. She has worked for a myriad of channels including ESPN, Versus, GSN, Big Ten Network, and a few others.

She used to host Fox Sports Live on Fox Sports, and she became a big name when she became the co-host of ESPN’s SportsNation. Charissa is also popular for working on Best Damn Sports Show Period, and in Numbers Never Lie on ESPN.

However, she left the post to become a host for Fox TV. Though she rose to fame as a sports commentator, she has also hosted other shows and has found success there, too. We are sure that with the kind of salary she gets, it is easy for her to maintain a good lifestyle. In 2020, she announced she is engaged to marry sports agent Kyle Thousand, who is a managing director of baseball at Roc Nation Sports.

Jane Pauley — $1.2 Million

Jane Pauley, a morning TV icon who has earned respect from fans and peers alike for her amazing skills and charisma, has been the face of CBS Sunday Morning since 2014.

However, many would still remember a younger Jane co-hosting NBC’s talk show, Today. Pauley, who admittedly suffered from bipolar disorder, loves to describe her career trajectory as one filled with surprising opportunities.

Jane, who has also co-hosted Dateline NBC for twelve years, was the first-ever woman anchor to host any kind of evening news program. After she left Today, the show’s viewership dropped drastically. Jane currently draws an annual salary of $1.2 million, and she has made investments toward education reform with the money she has amassed.

Rachel Maddow — $7 million

Rachel, a liberal political commentator who became a household name with the grand success of her eponymous show, The Rachel Maddow Show, showed an interest in journalism when she was only seven years of age.

Rachel later went on to make a career in journalism and has won numerous Gracie and Emmy awards to date. Maddow’s brand of derisive and methodical deconstruction of controversial topics has made her show a favorite of many liberal Americans.

Maddow aims to increase the total amount of useful information through her show and that has paid off very well. She is currently getting an annual salary of $7 million, and we believe she would never need to refinance her home loans with so much money in her bank accounts.

Chelsea Handler – $10 million

Earning a yearly salary of $10 million is no mean feat. But Chelsea Handler has proved her mettle as a stand-up comedian to deserve that salary. Chelsea was thrown into the limelight with her eponymous show, The Chelsea Handler Show, on E! and gradually became one of the most recognized faces in American television.

Handler, who is famous for her earthy and bawdy style of comedy, was named by Time magazine as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the world. Her documentary series, Chelsea Does, was released on Netflix in 2016. Chelsea then decided to wrap up the documentary work in favor of activism.

She has got an approximate $40 million in her banks which is super-impressive! In 2010, Chelsea purchased a home for $6 million tucked away in the Bel-Air Country Club in LA. Chelsea is also an accomplished author, whose six books have made it to the NY Times Best Seller list. Wow!

Paula Faris — $565K

Paula Faris is of half-Lebanese descent as her grandparents from her father’s side were born in Lebanon. The 43-year-old American TV correspondent dabbled in various types of jobs after her graduation as she was finding it difficult to land a good job in the TV journalism world.

She eventually became a production assistant for WKEF/WRGT and gradually became a fill-in anchor and reporter. The biggest break in her career came in 2014 when ABC News promoted her to co-anchor ABC’s most-watched morning show, Good Morning America.

Faris, who is a devout Christian, also has her faith podcast named Journeys of Faith. Although she has already left the weekend morning show, Faris has assumed a new role inside ABC News, and we believe she is doing well in terms of managing her finance. As of now, her annual salary stands at $565K.

Katy Tur — $1.3 million

Katy Tur was born to journalist parents, so we guess she knew the ABCs of journalism at a young age. After attending Brentwood School and the University of California, Tur, who worked as a storm chaser for TWC before joining NBC News in 2009, won Associated Press Best Spot News Award for covering a Manhattan construction accident.

Tur was selected by NBC as the embedded reporter for 2016 Presidential Campaign of Donald Trump. She is also a self-made author who penned down her experience as an embedded reporter for NBC during Trump’s presidential campaign in her book, Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History. 

Tur, who now receives an annual salary of $1.3 million, has been blissfully married to BCS correspondent Tony Dokoupil since 2017. The couple has a lovely kid together, Theodore. 

Laura Ingraham — $2 Million

Laura Ingraham, who started her career as a speechwriter for the Domestic Policy Advisor during the Reagan administration, got her law school degree in 1991. After briefly dabbling in the legal field, Laura started her showbiz career as a cable television host in 1996.

Since then, there was no looking back for Laura who is popular for the rhetorical style. It has made her pretty much a lightning rod for liberal critics.

In 2017, Laura even launched her talk show on Fox News, The Ingraham Angle. The Ingraham Angle is apparently the third highest cable news show on TV. In its specific niche, it’s the number one show. Laura has been the host of her eponymous radio show for close to two decades. And owing to the annual salary of $2 million that she takes home, she now has the liberty to choose a luxury lifestyle. Great going, lady!

Martha MacCallum — $700,000

Martha MacCallum is a charismatic Fox News anchor. She now lives in New Jersey with her husband, Dan Gregory, and their three kids. The duo hauls in a lot of money to make investments in their kids’ future.

With Dan being the Vice President of Roseland, NJ based packaging company Gregory Packaging, Inc. Martha is currently earning in the upwards of $700,000 annually, the family is certainly on easy street.

Martha, who is immensely popular for hosting the show The Story With Martha MacCallum, has already interviewed some of the biggest political leaders and bureaucrats such as Ambassador Nikki Haley. She has already won numerous awards. We believe that her annual salary and earnings will grow substantially in the days to come. We doubt that MacCallum ever thought that she would be as successful as she has turned out to be back when she landed her first job with Corporate Finance magazine.

Megyn Kelly — $22 million

Megyn Kelly wanted to become a prosecutor for the district attorney’s office and started working as a lawyer for Brewer Attorneys & Counselors – a firm that employs legal professionals with relevant experience in finance, investigations, as well as crisis management.

It was in 2004 when Kelly switched to journalism and started working as a D.C. correspondent for Fox News. She was associated with Fox as a news anchor till 2017.

NBC launched their daytime show Megyn Kelly Today in 2017, replacing Today’s Take, but the show was discontinued as Kelly received a lot of backlashes. Her contract with NBC was terminated in early 2019, and although Kelly has assured that she will be back on TV soon, she has not divulged the details of her proposed comeback. Reportedly, she was earning $22 million annually with NBC before the termination.

Nancy O’Dell — $2 million

Nancy O’Dell won the Miss South Carolina beauty pageant in 1987 and went on to represent the state at the 61^st Miss America Pageant three years later. Although she is 53 now, the former beauty contest winner still looks half her age, and we guess she spends a big part of her earnings in beauty treatments and products.

After dabbling in modeling, O’Dell kickstarted her career as a TV anchor with WPDE-TV in the 1990s. Her incredibly appealing looks helped her work her way up to the top, and she soon landed a big contract with NBC Studios.

Access Hollywood, an entertainment show that she started to host, was launched in 1996, and her departure from the show was officially announced in 2009. O’Dell has co-hosted many beauty pageants, and she currently earns $2 million per year.

Kelly Ripa — $22 million

Bubbly blondie Kelly Ripa landed the first big acting gig of her career in the 1990s when she was offered the role of troubled party girl Hayley Vaughan on the ABC show, All My Children.

Kelly was a part of the soap opera cast for twelve years, and this was her longest stint on any kind of TV show. The second biggest break in her career came when Regis Philbin chose Kelly as a replacement for Kathie Lee Gifford on Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee.

Since 2000, Kelly has been a regular on the morning talk show, and she has shared her anchor’s desk with the likes of Ryan Seacrest, Michael Strahan, and Regis Philbin. One of the most powerful women in the media, Kelly now rakes in $22 million per annum and has already made an investment in her own production company.

Joy Behar – Est. $2.5 Million

Next to Whoopi Goldberg is Joy Behar, who has a salary of 2.5 million per year. She has a very long tenure in the show, and in fact, she sat in for Whoopi during the time she was sick. We can say that in the entertainment world, Joy is the biggest name after Whoopi.

Joy started as a standup comedy actress and said public speaking is only her second nature. However, she got a huge break when she was cast in “The View.” She now makes money from acting and hosting.

Joy even has movies and sitcoms before she settled with hosting. She has a net worth amounting to 12 million dollars. She also has a book publishing to her credit as an author. The title of her first book is Joy Shtick.

Josina Anderson – Est. $85,000

Journalist Josina Anderson is one of the most prized ESPN journalists. She is a famous sports journalist with extensive knowledge and in-depth sports analysis. She is brilliant in her craft and her passion for her sports analysis makes her amazing at her job.

Josina has an obsession with sports, and that is why she studied at the University of North Carolina and was a student’s athlete. She graduated with a degree in Exercise and Sports Science. Everything paid off when she worked at ESPN.

Besides a successful career, she also has a strong bank balance. Her net worth now comes to a massive $2.5 million and has a salary of $85,000 annually. Thus making Josina a multi-millionaire. Being a millionaire gives her the perks to travel anywhere and to dress fashionably in designer clothes. Not to forget living in an expensive and fancy house.

Maria Taylor – Est. $69,000

Any sports fan that has been watching ESPN is familiar with Maria Taylor. Maria is one of the notable analysts on the channel.  Her job as a sports analyst is one impressive achievement that made a great impact. However, it is not only for a salary increase for her but also helped break stereotypes about women in this industry.

She has been working as a sports journalist for ten years now. She has an annual salary of $69,000 and with a net worth of $2 million.

Maria graduated from the University of Georgia, which makes her an athlete scholar that played volleyball and basketball.  She is very talented, which is why ESPN keeps her position. Well, everybody who knows her will be able to agree on how good she is in her craft.

Susan Page – $250,000

Since 1997, Page has been the Washington Bureau Chief of USA Today. She is one of the most prudent and sharp-minded journalists of all time. And Susan has ensured she displays the perfect balance of strength and softness while pursuing her career.

At 69, retirement looks no way closer. The way she decks herself up and maintains a slender frame. It wouldn’t be unfair to say that she can give most others in the industry a run for their money, simply by the looks!

Her husband, Carl Leubsdorf, was also working as the former Bureau Chief of The Dallas Morning News. And together, this couple made they gave their best to both their professional and personal life.

She has won several awards in her lifetime. At present, she makes somewhere around $250,000 in a year. And that speaks volumes about the level of work that she does and her popularity as a journalist.

Shannon Bream – $800,000

Shannon Bream climbed up the ladder of fame and popularity when she stepped into the television and media industry and took up the job of a Fox News journalist. She is famous for her charming demeanor and amazing screen presence, and therefore, winning the hearts of the viewers has been quite easy for her.

Shannon hailed from a modeling background and grabbed the Miss Virginia title in the year 1990. Post that. She pursued a course of law at Florida State University in the year 1996. Later on, she got involved in journalism, which is proving to be the perfect decision for her.

Shannon’s success in her journalism career helps her rake in an annual income of $800K into her bank account. With an amount like that, she has safely warded off any financial issues in her life. She is one talented individual and has ample time to take her career higher.