Back in 2017, Catt Sadler gave one of the most revealing exposés as an E! News anchor in entertainment news – her annual salary. She worked for twelve years with the network before she signed off the air once she found out that she was only making half of what her co-host was making.
In Sadler’s words, she was making $600,000 a year, while her co-host, Jason Kennedy, was making almost double. There’s no bad blood between the two, but we understand why she left, especially was they were similarly positioned within the network.
Kathie Lee Gifford – $60 million
Kathie Lee Gifford recently announced that she would be leaving the Today Show, one year after the Matt Lauer scandal. She was there for almost 12 years.
Now, she plans to focus on other creative endeavors that are more to her personal liking after she left the show in April 2019.
Jackie Guerrido - $10 million
The Puerto Rican meteorologist Jackie Guerrido caused viewership to soar when she started hosting on Univision's "Primer Impacto" news program. She's doing well for herself, making a sizable annual salary of $900,000.
She got her start on the radio in Miami before moving over to meteorology at Despierta America and ultimately moving up to her current position.
Samantha Steele Ponder - $4.9 million
Samantha Steele Ponder took Erin Andrews' old anchor job on Sunday NFL Countdown, where she presently calls games from the sidelines. She rapidly rose in the sportscaster ranks, and she gets a surprising salary for someone so young, making a sweet $4.9 million.
Steel Ponder married Vikings quarterback Christian Ponder back in 2012, and she's pregnant with their third son.
Harris Faulkner - $6 million
Before Harris Faulkner was breaking barriers as the only African American woman to host a daily news show, she got her start as a news delivery - writing for the LA Weekly. Faulkner is currently hosting as a news anchor on the Fox Report. Harris is scoring a yearly salary of $400,000.
She takes her role as an African-American news anchor very seriously, admitting that she feels a tremendous amount of responsibility.