Richest Female News Anchors 2022/2023
For years, women have been breaking the glass ceiling and excelling in their respective fields. In recent years, we’ve seen an increase in the number of women taking on prominent roles in the news media and being compensated handsomely for their efforts.
Broadcasting the news has suffered in the information age, as more and more media consumers get their news from digital platforms rather than Fox, CNN, or other “alphabet” TV news networks.
Even so, being a news anchor is still a lucrative career in 2022, especially if you work for one of the major media broadcasters.
If you host a nightly news show on Fox FOXA or MSNBC or anchor the news for a major network like CBS CBS or ABC, you’re likely to earn millions of dollars per year, despite the fact that the average U.S. news anchor salary is $64,964, according to Payscale.com.
The highest-paid news anchors make significantly more than that. And these top news anchors earn the most money each year, with some well-known names at the top of the list.
Diane Sawyer is the highest-paid woman on TV, with a salary of $23 million a year and a monthly salary of $273,840. Katie Couric is the richest woman on TV with an estimated net worth of $110 million dollars at present
1. Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer is estimated to have a net worth of $85 million dollars at present. She has accumulated her net worth with her versatility in each field she has worked in.
Her primary source of earnings is from her journalism career. Sawyer’s salary is $23 million every year and gets a monthly salary of $273,840.
2. Katie Couric
Katherine Anne Couric is a journalist and television host from the United States. Katie Couric Media, a multimedia news and production company, was founded by her.
She also has a daily newsletter called Wake Up Call. She was Yahoo’s Global News Anchor from 2013 to 2017.
Katie Couric is estimated to have a net worth of $110 million dollars at present. Couric’s salary is $13 million every year and gets a monthly salary of $203,543.
3. Kathie Lee Gifford
Kathryn Lee Gifford is a singer, songwriter, actress, and author from the United States. She and Regis Philbin co-hosted the talk show Live! with Regis and Kathie Lee from 1985 to 2000.
Gifford is also known for her 11-year stint on the fourth hour of NBC’s Today show with Hoda Kotb.
Kathryn Lee Gifford is estimated to have a net worth of $70 million dollars at present. Couric’s salary is $6 million every year and gets a monthly salary of $173,275.
4. Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts’s salary is $18.5 million every year and gets a monthly salary of $427,870, ABC’s Good Morning America is hosted by Roberts.
Robin Roberts is estimated to have a net worth of $50 million dollars at present.
5. Maria Bartiromo
Maria Bartiromo’s salary is $6 million every year and gets a monthly salary of $55,580, she is an American journalist who currently serves as the anchor of Mornings with Maria on FBN (6-9 AM/ET) and anchors Sunday Morning Futures, the most-watched Sunday morning program on cable (10 AM/ET) on FOX News Channel (FNC).
Maria Bartiromo is estimated to have a net worth of $54 million dollars at present. She has accumulated her net worth with her versatility in each field she has worked in.
6. Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly is the highest-paid female anchor on Fox News, she is also the third most paid female news anchor in the world after Diane Sawyer and Robin Roberts of ABC, she receives an annual salary of $18,000,000 as of 2022, she receives a monthly salary of $1.5 million. Her Net worth is $45,000,000 as of 2022.
Megyn Kelly is estimated to have a net worth of $45 million dollars at present.
7. Meredith Vieira
Meredith Louise Vieira is a television personality and broadcast journalist from the United States.
She is best known for being the first moderator of the daytime talk show The View, the first host of the syndicated daytime version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and the co-host of the NBC morning news program Today.
Meredith Louise Vieira’s salary is $12 million every year and gets a monthly salary of $227,870. Meredith is estimated to have a net worth of $45 million dollars at present.
8. Gayle King
Gayle King is an American television personality, author, and broadcast journalist for CBS News, where she co-hosts CBS Mornings and its predecessor CBS This Morning. She also serves as an editor at large for O, The Oprah Magazine.
Gayle King’s salary is $11 million every year and gets a monthly salary of $212,490. Gayle is estimated to have a net worth of $42 million dollars at present.
9. Rachel Maddow
Rachel Maddow receives an annual salary of approximately $20 million and a monthly salary of $1.6 million, she is an American television news program host and liberal political commentator.
Maddow is estimated to have a net worth of $90.5 million dollars at present. Maddow co-hosts The Rachel Maddow Show, a weekly MSNBC television show, and is the cable network’s special event co-anchor alongside Brian Williams.
10. Joy Behar
Josephine Victoria “Joy” Behar (born October 7, 1942) wears many hats, she is a comedian, television host, actress, and writer.
She is the longest-serving co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View, where she is the only original panelist still frequently appearing.
Joy Behar’s salary was revealed to be $7 million every year and got a monthly salary of $582,870.
Joy Behar is estimated to have a net worth of $30.8 million dollars at present. She has accumulated her net worth with her versatility in each field she has worked in.
