Now, the list has started to get really good. Honda started her career on NBC in 1998 as a Dateline NBC correspondent. In 2008, she became a host of the fourth hour of the Today Show alongside Kathie Lee Gifford. Her major break came In 2017 when she was selected to be the third co-anchor of NBC’s Today morning show. In January 2018, Matt Lauer was unexpectedly given the boot, and Hoda was given his spot.
This created the first-ever all-female co-hosting team in the history of the show. How cool is that? Thanks to the promotion, she is making a salary of $7 million, and we must say, well deserved! Her net worth is estimated to be $12 million.
Andrea Mitchell – $5M
Andrew Mitchell has had a long broadcasting career of 50 years. She started as a news director in 1967 at WXPN, a local student radio station. After she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, her first grownup job out of college was as a reporter at KYW radio. Now, she is NBC’s News Chief of Foreign Affairs Correspondent. Also on her resume are gigs in programs like the NBC Nightly News With Lester, Today, Holt, and MSNBC.
Oh, and we couldn’t forget to mention that she anchors her own program, Andrea Mitchell Reports, on MSNBC. Plus, Rachel Maddow likes to frequently have her as a guest. And if Rachel Maddow wants her as a guest, then you can safely assume she’s a big deal.
Maria Bartiromo – $6M
Maria Bartiromo is a TV journalist, author, and magazine columnist. Your basic triple threat. Currently, she is the host of Mornings with Maria and Wall Street Week with Maria Bartiromo. She is also the Global Markets editor for Fox Business Network.
Before joining CNBC television, she worked on the CNN network. An impressive fact about her- she was the first reporter to broadcast live from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Yes, a woman. Thanks to her contributions to the Cable network, she was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. Her hard work has amassed her a net worth of $22 million and a salary of $6 million.
Natalie Morales – $8.5M
Natalie Morales works as the co-anchor of NBC News Today Show. She has been on several other programs like NBC Nightly News and Dateline NBC. Besides the Today Show, she works as a weekend anchor and reporter at the WVIT-TV in Hartford. She rose to popularity after reporting events like Hurricane Floyd, the Columbine shootings, and the 2000 Presidential election. Her growing popularity helped her land a role as an anchor from 2002 to 2006.
The Catalina Magazine granted her the “Groundbreaking Latina in Media” award. She also received the honor of being named one of the “Fifty Most Beautiful People” in 2007.
Ann Curry – $10M
Anybody who watches cable news knows this next anchor. Ann Curry is a photojournalist, news journalist, and all-around TV personality. She has been on television for over 30 years and likes to focus on stories concerning natural disasters, wars, and human suffering. She has flown all over the world to cover different events like Palestine, Syria, and Central America.
She has been at the cusp of many major stories, like the tsunami in Southeast Asia and the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. She has also secured exclusive interviews, like the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif. From 2005 to 2011, she was the anchor of Dateline NBC. Since 2012, she has been working as the host of the Today show