No matter where you tune in to get news, we are sure that you have heard of these folks before. After all, they are the top journalists you will see on TV these days. They work for different networks, but they all share a background in reporting and journalism. We are sure that you will find your favorites here regardless of your preferred TV channel. Who would have thought that journalism can pay really well?

This Just In: The Highest-Paid TV Journalists
Lester Holt
This California native is a familiar face if you watch NBC. He went to California State University and worked for National Amusements from 1981 to 2000 and then General Electric from 2000 to 2013 before finally signing onto Comcast in 2013. Since 2015, he has been the anchor of NBC Nightly News. He started out as a DJ at a country western station back in college. Before he joined NBC, he had been with CBS for nearly 20 years. He is now worth $12 million.

Lester Holt
Chris Wallace
Chris Wallace has won a Silver Baton, a Paul White Lifetime Achievement Award, and three Emmys. He got his start in journalism at NBC after his graduation from Harvard University. He worked as a WNBC-TV reporter before he joined the Washington bureau of NBC as a political correspondent. He had been a co-anchor there before joining Fox News in 2003. He hosted multiple major Sunday political talk shows, which is something no one else has done. He has a net worth of $12 million.

Chris Wallace
Wolf Blitzer
Wolf Blitzer is the son of Jewish refugees who survived a concentration camp in Poland. Born in Germany, he moved to the US as a kid and grew up in Buffalo. He attended the University of Buffalo and Johns Hopkins University. He worked at Reuters in Tel Aviv before transferring to the US. He worked for AIPAC before he became a CNN news anchor as well. He is the host of The Situation Room now. He is recognized for the time he spent as a war correspondent and a White House correspondent. At the moment, his net worth stands at $16 million.

Wolf Blitzer
Bret Baier
Bret Bair was born in New Jersey. He is the host of Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox. He was a White House correspondent and a Pentagon correspondent in the past. The DePauw University alumnus substituted for Brit Hume in 2007 after he served as a WHC during the Bush administration. He is close to George W. Bush, and his son even got examined by a doctor from the White House after getting diagnosed with a heart condition. He is worth about $16 million.

Bret Baier
Shepard Smith
Born in Mississippi Shepard “Shep” Smith went to the Ole Miss. He hosted The Fox Report and Studio B in the evening before he got transferred to the 3 PM time slot. The ratings were consistent with the others despite the inconvenient time slot. He first reported in Panama City and Fort Myers. After he anchored in Miami, he transferred to LA as a respondent for A Current Affair. In 1996, Fox picked Smith up. At the moment, he has a net worth of around $25 million.

Shepard Smith
George Stephanopoulos
This Oxford and Columbia University alumnus was born in Massachusetts to Greek parents. He worked as a floor man in the House of Representatives. After this, he turned to reporting. In 2002, he became a reporter for This Week and became the ABC News Chief White House Correspondent. He was a hit with viewers and moderated the first presidential debate between Democratic candidates in 2008. He is now the host of Good Morning America. He is worth around $35 million.

George Stephanopoulos
Gayle King
Gayle King got her start as a production assistant for a Baltimore program. The Maryland native met Oprah Winfrey there, and they became quick friends. The editor-at-large of O Magazine works for CBS for the morning program as well. Before this, she was a special correspondent for Good Morning America. She is best known for her calm demeanor and demand for transparency with major networks. Right now, she is believed to be worth $20 million.

Gayle King
Joe Scarborough
Joe Scarborough hosts Morning Joe on MSNBC with Mika Brzezinski, his wife since 2018. He went to the University of Alabama and the University of Florida. Before his news career, he worked as a lawyer in Florida and even represented Michael Griffin until he withdrew as counsel. In 2007, he started to host the show with his spouse. He has a net worth of $25 million.

Joe Scarborough
Mika Brzezinski
Mika Brzezinski makes up the other half of Morning Joe. Born in New York City, she went to Williams College and was a visiting fellow at the School of Politics at Harvard. She married her co-host Joe Scarborough in 2018. She has written three books in the past and is an activist for wage equality. She currently has a net worth equal to that of her husband’s: $25 million.

Mika Brzezinski
Maria Bartiromo
Born in Brooklyn, Maria Bartiromo made a name for herself for the shows Mornings with Maria and Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street. On top of that, she was the first report to broadcast live on the NYSE floor. She is the global markets editor for Fox Business Network and hosts a financial program called Sunday Morning Futures. She was with CNN for five years and then CNBC for twenty years. In 2013, she joined the business team on Fox. Her net worth stands at $22 million.

Maria Bartiromo
Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts was born in Alabama and got her degree from Southeastern Louisiana University. She was a Good Morning America anchor together with George Stephanopoulos. She first worked as an anchor for a WWL-TV station in New Orleans and was with ESPN before joining GMA. She became famous for interviewing Chris Brown about his relationship with Rihanna. She suffered cancer, survived, and now has a net worth of $35 million. Impressive, right?

Robin Roberts
Rachel Maddow
Born in California, she went to Stanford University and Lincoln College in Oxford. She is the host of the Rachel Maddow Show on NBC. She and Brian Williams are also co-anchors for special events. Her talk radio show airs on Air America Radio. She was the first openly gay anchor to host a major news show in the US. She is an author as well! Her net worth is now around $20 million.

Rachel Maddow
Brian Williams
Brian Williams works for the NBC and hosts The 11th Hour with Brian Williams. He has been an anchor for NBC for nearly a decade and served as the managing editor too. He went to George Washington University and started working at NBC in 2004. Thanks to his coverage of Hurricane Katrina, he was given a Peabody. He is a breaking news anchor for MSNBC. He is worth $40 million.

Brian Williams
Martha MacCallum
Martha MacCallum is on the Fox News Network team. The Buffalo native hosts The Story with Martha MacCallum, whose interviews play on other networks as well. Before she made the switch to NBC, she was working for the Wall Street Journal. She made Inside the Business, which aired on CNBC. In 2004, she joined Fox and was the presidential election correspondent for 4 elections. She also hosted The First 100 Days. She is worth $8 million.

Martha MacCallum
Katie Couric
Katie Couric is one of the most popular and admired anchors in the US. She has hosted on “The Big Three” American networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC. She is a writer with a bestselling autobiography as well. In 2004, she got inducted into the TV Hall of Fame. She began working for CNN early on and then moved to NBC. After 17 years there, she moved to CBS but returned to ABC. She now hosts Katie, a syndicated talk show of her own. She has a net worth of $75 million.

Katie Couric
Lawrence O’Donnell
This MSNBC host was born in Boston and went to Harvard College. The host, actor, pundit, and political commentator hosts The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell. He wrote for The West Wing and even had a cameo in it. He entered politics as an aid on Capitol Hill. Known for his no-nonsense statements, he is also a guest host on The McLaughlin Group and Morning Joe. His current net worth stands at $16 million.

Lawrence O’Donnell
Sean Hannity
Political commentator and radio host Sean Hannity hosts the Sean Hannity Show and Fox’s Hannity. He started working as a general contractor and show host at UC Santa Barbara before working at an Alabama TV station. Liberty University awarded him an honorary degree. He has since written three political books and lives in New York. He is worth $250 million.

Sean Hannity
Britt McHenry – $1.5 Million
The exquisite Fox Nation’s commentator has made an impressive amount of money from her amazing career as a professional Journalist. A New Jersey native McHenry is considered to be one of the highest-paid journalists. She has a huge amount of experience under her belt with many well-known organizations and is now currently working as Fox News Contributor, Fox Nation host, and the Political Host at WTTG/FOX 5 DC. Britt McHenry’s net worth is estimated to be $1.5 million.

Britt McHenry
Joy Reid – $1.5 Million
Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid, professionally known as Joy Reid, is an American cable television host and a national correspondent at MSNBC. A Harvard University Graduate, she now works as a national correspondent for MSNBC. Her journalism career started in 1997 when she worked in southern Florida for a TV morning show. In 2016, Reid also wrote the book Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide. She has often been considered as a heroine of the anti-Trump resistance.

Joy Reid
Megyn Kelly
Megyn Kelly is a former corporate defense attorney who now works as a news anchor and journalist. She hosted The Kelly File on Fox as well as America Live and America’s Newsroom. In 2017, she transferred to NBC to host Megyn Kelly Today until its cancelation. She left NBC in 2019 and boasts of a $30 million net worth.

Megyn Kelly
Greg Mathis
Judge Mathis is easily one of the most famous judges with the show has been underway for 21 years. He has become the second-largest television judge of all time. Judge Mathis was, in fact, a criminal in his early years but as elected as the 36th District Court Judge, as he completely turned his life around. He is now worth $20 million.

Greg Mathis
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper is easily one of the most famous news anchors in the country. The son of Gloria Vanderbilt, he came from a rich family and went to Yale. Born in New York, he started out as a fact-checker for Channel One and then made news segments on the Burmese War. He resided in Vietnam for one year and made a documentary. He now works on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 and also hosted Anderson Live in the past. His net worth is $110 million.

Anderson Cooper
Erin Andrews
Erin Andrews was a freelance reporter when she got hired by ESPN in 2004. Since then, she has reported on big events like college football, the World Series, and the Super Bowl. She was named Fox’s NFL sideline reporter in 2014, taking Pam Oliver’s position. Recently, she has started hosting ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars”. She earns roughly $700,000 per year plus about $100,000 inendorsements. Erin Andrews has been married to NHL player Jarret Stoll since 2017.

Erin Andrews
Tucker Carlson
Tucker Carlson has been the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News since 2016. He went to Trinity College and worked for MSNBC and CNN from 2000 to 2008. He hosted Crossfire and then Tucker. In 2009, Fox gave him a show of his own. He also runs a website called The Daily Career. Before this, he worked in print journalism back in the ‘90s. He has a net worth of $110 million.

Tucker Carlson
Eric Bolling
This guy is a former businessman turned press member. He is the host of Fox News Specialists and originally hosted The Five. He is a published author as well. The Rollins College graduate traded commodities before entering the media scene. He gets to use his experience on the NYMEX board for his hosting job. His net worth stands at $25 million.

Eric Bolling
Diane Sawyer
Diane Sawyer is one of the most well-known American anchors. She was on ABC World News and Good Morning America. She got her start in 1962 when she traveled across the country for the American Junior Miss Pageant. She went to Wellesley College and became a weather forecaster for a local channel. However, her big break happened when she became the first female correspondent on 60 Minutes. Her net worth is $80 million.

Diane Sawyer
Steve Kroft
Born in Indiana, Steve Kroft went to Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and moved to Florida to work for the Washington Post Company. He made waves when he exposed corruption in Jacksonville as a reporter. It led to CBS’s decision to hire him. He did more amazing reports in 60 Minutes. He has been its host for 30 seasons already. He is worth $25 million.

Steve Kroft
Erin Burnett
Erin Burnett hosts Erin Burnett OutFront on CNN and has reported from places like Israel, Afghanistan, Mali, Russia, Rwanda, and more. She holds a degree courtesy of Williams College and has focused on the Middle East stories. She briefly appeared on Celebrity Apprentice, NBC Nightly News, and Morning Joe as well. There was a time when Jim Cramer co-hosted the show with her. She has a net worth of $12 million.

Erin Burnett