Many people might think that it’s just actors who get the fat paycheck to display their skills on the screens. But you have to believe that the news TV anchors also are not behind in the race. By the time these anchors give to a particular news network, they become its identity. People find comfort with seeing their face every morning with a cup of coffee, to get the insights of the world. Anchors know that they are the one who has helped the network to hold such a humongous viewership, so it’s natural that they will charge for what they deserve. So to keep their network in the top position, these channels agree to sign attractive contracts to keep these anchors with them. So to astonish you all, here we have gathered a list of anchors that have pulled off a bigger fortune than most of the actors in the Hollywood.

Anderson Cooper – $11 Million

Everyone reading this must be known to Anderson Cooper who currently anchors for Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN. The program is normally telecasted live from the New York studio but Cooper sometimes works from another studio of CNN located in Washington D.C. Besides this, you can also catch him up on CBS’s 60 Minutes. The American journalist has won multiple awards which includes an Edward R. Murrow award and eight Emmy Awards. But if you are a regular viewer of his show, you must have noticed that the ratings of the show are declining with each day and the network is continuously losing its viewership. But that hasn’t affect Anderson’s salary of $11 Million a year. After giving his whole life to the journalism career, he is now worth $200 Million which is more than many Hollywood actors. We would surely like to know his money making tricks which made him so rich!

Sean Hannity: $36 million

Sean Hannity’s name can surely be listed on the rundown of the highest earning News Anchors of all time. As per the reports from Forbes, Sean earned a humongous amount of $36 million for the period of June 2016 to June 2017 which is way more than his past incomes which were not less than $29 million. You can catch him hosting the 9 p.m. Fox News Show “Hannity.” He also has his own radio talk show titled “The Sean Hannity Show,” which was reported to be the highest listened commercial radio show. While Hannity was already having an honored show in the country, his prominence with the Fox News world doubled after the departures of Kelly and O’Reilly and his credit score started soaring. His recent show where he interviewed Roy Moore, who was accused of assaulting underage girls, was the most controversial.

Robin Roberts: $18 million

The 57-year-old American newscaster earns a fat paycheck of $18 million since 2005 according to the reports of Forbes (you know the math). Robin started as a sports anchor for local TV channels and radio stations. Working with ESPN for 15 years as a sportscaster, Robin landed a job to co-anchor on ABC’s Good Morning America. For her outstanding career, Robert became the major reason which led her team to win four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program. While her career was soaring, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. Fortunately, she got treated the same and is now leading a healthy and wealthy life. With the help of her financial advisor and her wise investment management, her networth today is $25 million.

Megyn Kelly: $15 million to $20 million

The rundown of highest earning anchors will be incomplete without her name. The American journalist, political commentator and also a former attorney, Megyn rose to prominence after she started working with Fox News. She serviced Fox News from 2004 to 2017 but her recent announcement of leaving Fox News left everyone shocked. Megyn announced that she was officially departing from Fox News and will join NBC news. Though her exact earnings from NBC have not be revealed it is said that her salary can scale from $15 million to $20 million. With that Kelly can now be called as one of the highest earning NBC anchors. We hope to she continues to do the good work as past. She should immediately appoint a financial advisor to take care of her growing wealth.

Bill O’Reilly – $20 Million

Bill earned his most fame from his show The O’Reilly Factor with which he had been associated since 1996. The show was added to the 8 pm slot of ABC network. It was considered a top-rated show for a consecutive 136 months. The show also proved to be the highest profit earner for the ABC network thus it is pretty much obvious that ABC will never let Bill leave them at any cost. It should be no surprise that Bill earned a paycheck of $20 million. But he started anchoring on the No Spin News podcast after he was kicked out from Fox. O’Reilly was also accused of paying more than $50 million to many women to settle the assault lawsuits, which surely affected his career as a journalist.

Matt Lauer: $25 Million

This 59-year-old NBC anchor made his name known to Americans after joining Today, in 1994. Matt rose to prominence in 1997 when he got an opportunity to replace the already established anchor Bryant Gumbel to co-anchor Today with Katie Couric. He has had an illustrious career in Journalism where he got to interview every mogul personality, from President to Prince to A-list celebrities. But his stars started ebbing when the blame of Ann Curry’s departure from the network was put on him. That might have affected the viewership of his show, but his contract worth $25 million didn’t suffer due to that. With all the hard-work from years, Matt is now $60 million worth which will surely make you wonder about his financial management skills.

Brian Williams: $13 million

Williams earned his most fame from his show, NBC Nightly News, which lasted for 10-years; the evening news program of NBC network. Before joining NBC in 1993, Williams worked with many other networks like KOAM-TV, WCAU (which was then owned by CBS) and also at WCBS. He was the managing editor and anchor of The News with Brian Williams. Due to his exceptional talents and personality, Time magazine named Williams as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2007. He has won multiple awards including 12 News & Documentary Emmy Awards. In case you were wondering about his post-retirement life, Brian has already invested for his retirement funds from his $10 million salaries. We don’t doubt his money management skills.

Diane Sawyer: $12 Million

The American journalist, Diane Sawyer who has been the news anchor for ABC network, has had a lucrative career in journalism. Diane has surely set an example and has broken all the stereotypes for female journalists. Sawyer started her career with CBS in 1978, before which she worked as a member of U.S. President Richard Nixon’s staff. While working with CBS, Diane became the first female journalist to become the part of CBS’s 60 Minutes. But in 1989, she ended her contract with CBS to work with ABC as the co-anchor in Primetime Live. She was also the co-anchor in ABC’s Good Morning America. With such an extended career, Diane gets a fat paycheck of $12 million a year.  We are still doubtful if it is her financial advisor who’s helping her to grow her wealth or she has got some real money management skills!?

Rachel Maddow: $7 Million

Rachel Maddow has been enjoying her prime days since she landed the breakthrough job in the MSNBC in 2008. The Rachel Maddow show, which provided the viewers with the daily hot news and updates about the worldly affairs, also won an Emmy award. Her show was so successful that it reached the level to be called as the most lucrative show in the MSNBC history. So it was obvious that MSNBC can’t afford to let Rachel leave their network at any cost. Maddow earns a fat paycheck of $7 Million. With all the efforts and her stellar money management skills, she is $20 million worth today.

Shepard Smith: $7-$8 Million

This 53-year-old American television news anchor started his career with Fox network, where he hosted Fox Report with Shepard Smith and also the Studio B weekdays for Fox News. Soon in October 2013, Smith was promoted to become the managing editor of Fox News’s division. Today you can see him hosting his famous show Shepard Smith reporting. He is now the first name that comes to the mind of the chairman of the Fox News Network, Roger Ailes when he wants someone to cover the breaking news and calls him his “go-to-guy.” His accolades have helped him to become one of the highest earning news anchors of all time. We guess he will never have to fill a form to apply for credit card loan as he brings home an estimated amount of $7-8 million a year. He really has a wise financial advisor.

Bret Baier: $7 million

Like many other famous journalists, Bret also started his career by joining a local station in Rockford, Illinois. He then went to become a part of WRAT-TV and then CBS. After CBS he joined NBC. In 1998, he sent an audition tape to Fox News with an intention to get a job in Fox network. He was then hired by them as the network’s Atlanta Bureau chief. He was also titled as the Fox network’s White House correspondent in 2007. He became best known as the host of Special Report with Bret Baier. William has never felt the need to apply for a credit card or mortgage loan as his salary of $7 million a year was enough to satisfy his luxury life. He has also been a Pentagon correspondent for Fox Network due to which he had to take 13 trips to Iraq and 11 trips to Afghanistan.

Katie Couric: $6 million

This 60-year-old American Journalist is the only one on our list who has worked for all the three major news networks in America. She currently serves as the Yahoo! Global news anchor. From 1989-2006, she was with NBC News and then went to work for CBS news where she stayed till 2011. After leaving CBS, she joined ABC News in 2011 and left in 2014. In her early days, she was also an Assignment editor for CNN. With her wide experience and expertise, it is obvious that any network would want her to work with them. She is currently pulling off a salary of $10 million and thanks to her financial management skills, she is now $15 million worth.

Ann Curry: $5 Million

Ann Curry has devoted more than 30 years to her journalism career. While she was at the top position and her career was soaring, she was booted out from her position on NBC’s Today. It was speculated that her co-host Matt Lauer was the real reason for her eviction as he threatened the network that he will refrain from continuing the contract if Curry continues to sit beside him. With this Ann Curry lost her job with NBC and also her salary of $12 million. Soon she announced that she will appear with a new role in NBC. Though her salary has plunged down to $5 million, her credit score hasn’t affected as she is still considered as one of the highest earning news anchors.

Scott Pelley: $5 Million

The American journalist, Scott Pelley can be dubbed as one of the most experienced journalists in the journalism industry. He has been an anchor and correspondent for CBS Evening News. Besides being an anchor for more than 30 years, he is now also holding the position of managing editor of CBS Evening News. Pelley has earned multiple awards including a George Foster Peabody award and also an Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton. He has been working with CBS since 1989, but he earned most of his fame from 60 Minutes. Even his 30 years of experience couldn’t help him register his name in the Top 5 highest earning news anchors as he only earned a paycheck of $5 million. We suggest him to take some financial management lessons to swell his earnings and bank accounts.

David Gregory: $4 million

David began his journalism career at the age of 18 working as a summer reporter for KGUN-TV in Tucson, Arizona. Gregory has been an alternate co-anchor on Weekend Today in the absence of Lester Holt. Before the 2008 U.S Presidential election, his show Race for the White House became a hit show which replaced Tucker Carlson’s Tucker. Gregory then went to become the moderator on Meet The Press. But due to the continuous fall in the ratings, David was replaced on the show. It was believed that the ratings of Meet The Press hit the lowest point during David’s time. In spite of all these, he earned a fat paycheck of $5 million a year which supported him to pay back his mortgages and credit card bills.

Lawrence O’Donnell: $4 million

Long before he worked as a Journalist, Lawrence was a writer. The film A Case of Deadly Force was inspired by his published book Deadly Force. In 1989, he went to become the senior analyst of Moynihan. He has also been the staff director of U.S Senate Committee of Finance. After all these, he stepped in the television industry and was called the American Television pundit. He became best known for hosting The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell. But the times before he got a show in his own name, he used to fill in Countdown with Keith Olbermann as a host on MSNBC. He earned a salary of $4 million. With a net worth of $12 million, we don’t think he will ever need to apply for any mortgage loan.

Erin Burnett: $3 million

Erin Burnett, the American news anchor is currently the host of Erin Burnett OutFront telecast on CNN. Most of you must not know that Erin started her career as a financial analyst for Goldman Sachs. While at Goldman, she got an offer from CNN to work as a writer and booker of CNN’s Moneyline. One must have also witnessed her on NBC’s Meet the Press, Today and on the Celebrity Apprentice where she was seen advising the current president, Mr. Donald Trump. While working with NBC, Erin was dubbed as The International Superstar for the number of documentaries she filmed outside the US without insurance. She earns an annual salary of $3 million from CNN and her net worth of $12 million has gifted her hard-rock credit score.

Chris Cuomo: $2.5 Million

The current CNN host started his career with ABC’s Good Morning America and has also been the ABC News chief law and justice correspondent. After this, he was hired to co-host ABC’s 20/20 with Elizabeth Vargas. And in the beginning of 2013, Chris felt the need to leave ABC for the better prospects. He then landed a job in CNN where he hosted the CNN’s morning show, New Day. His passion was the reason the president of CNN selected him to host his already established morning show. He reportedly gets a paycheck of more than $2.5 million from CNN which is enough to maintain his rock-solid credit score.

Nancy Grace: $3 million

Long before she entered the Television world, Nancy worked as a Special Prosecutor in Atlanta-Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney office. After leaving this job, she was offered a job to do a commentary show Court TV’s Closing Arguments alongside Johnnie Cochran. And in 2005, she got her own legal analysis show called Nancy Grace on CNN Headline. She also fed her passion by co-authoring the book Objection!: How High-Priced Defense Attorneys. For the age of 58, her credit score and financial management skills are commendable which is apparent from her net worth of $18 million. She is still active in the industry and earning a salary of $5 million annually. Don’t you think she should consult a financial advisor before she loses all her money in vague investment schemes?

George Stephanopoulos: $10 million

George is one of the personality in the rundown who is not only an American Journalist but also a political commentator and former political advisor. Before he joined ABC news network, he worked as an advisor to the Democratic Party. Most of you must not know that George was the communications director for the Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign and then became Communications director for White House. After leaving White House, George landed a job in ABC network. Stephanopoulos is currently working as a Chief anchor & also the Chief political correspondent for ABC News. He co-hosts Good Morning America and also is the part of This Week, which is telecasted in ABC Sunday morning time-slot. In 2015, he signed a contract worth $105 million with ABC. His credit score is the top notch today!

Courtney Friel: $12 Million

This American Journalist started her journalism career as a sports anchor and an entertainment reporter for GoTV. She also hosted the World Poker Tour which was telecast on Travel Channel. In her former days, she also had to work as a field reporter for various networks like Oxygen Channel and also E! Entertainment. She rose to prominence after she joined Fox network where she worked as an entertainment reporter. Currently, she is hosting for KTLA-TV in LA and with her long-lasting journalism career, she has been able to pull off $12 million.

Tamron Hall: $5 Million

Tamron Hall began her career working for WFLD-TV in Chicago as she was a Chicago resident. The American broadcast journalist is now a national correspondent for NBC Today. She is surely one of the ladies on the list whose CV has the most varied experience. She worked as a national news anchor for NBC, daytime anchor of MSNBC, hosted MSNBC Live with Tamron Hall and was also the co-host of Today’s Take. Currently, you can catch her on Deadline: Crime for Investigation Discovery channel. Today her estimated net worth is $5 million. Her credit score is still soaring and we do not see her applying for any mortgage loan or credit card in the near future.

Judy Woodruff: $3 million

Judy Woodruff is another female journalist who has had a long career with varied experience in her CV. Starting her career in 1970 with then CBS affiliate WAGA-TV, Judy joined NBC news in 1975. She was also the Chief White House Correspondent for NBC news for the period of 1977-82. Currently, at the age of 71, she works as a co-anchor for PBS NewsHour. With a net worth of $3 million, we think she should consult a financial advisor to park her money in lucrative investment schemes before all her money is squandered on her luxury life!

Jake Tapper: $5 Million

For those who aren’t familiar with the face, Jake Tapper is an American Journalist and a talented Cartoonist. He currently is the chief Washington correspondent for CNN network and also anchors CNN television news show The Lead with Jake Tapper & also State of the Union which is telecast on Sunday mornings. Before he joined CNN, Jake worked for ABC network. While with ABC network, Jake earned an Emmy Award for the best Live coverage for President Obama’s inauguration ceremony. Tapper also moderated the Republican primary debate held in Sept 2015, which proved to be the most lucrative show for CNN as it drew more than 23 million viewers. Today with the net worth of $5 million, Tapper has reached the position where he can easily get any mortgage loan without any collateral. Fun Fact: His real name is Jacob.

David Muir: $5 Million

David started his career in 1995 with WTVH television where he worked as an anchor and reporter for the same network. With his great work, he was awarded the title of “Best Local News Anchor” in Syracuse. He then went to work with WCVB television but his credit score sky-rocketed when he got an opportunity to work with ABC network. Muir is currently the host of ABC World News Tonight and co-anchor of ABC newsmagazine of 20/20. Working with ABC news, Muir has earned multiple Emmy awards and Edward R. Murrow awards for his stellar skills. He takes home a paycheck of $5 million from ABC.

Martha MacCallum: $8 Million

Martha entered the journalism industry with working at Wall Street Journal Television in 1991. In 1996, she joined WBIS-TV where she worked as an anchor and reporter. After this, Martha went to become a reporter/anchor at NBC/CNBC network. She often appeared on The News with Brian Williams, BC affiliates and Today Show. Martha was the one who created “Inside the Business,” a business-centric series. In 2017, Martha became the host of the new show The First 100 Days for Fox News Network, which was later renamed to The Story with Martha MacCallum. Today she is leading a happy and debt-free life with a salary of $8 million.

Brooke Baldwin: $1.3 Million

Though we can’t say that she has pulled off a wonderful career compared to other personalities on the list, she has still been able to register her name in the highest earning news anchors. Brooke began her career with WVIR-TV in Charlottesville in 2001. After spending some time in the industry and improving her CV, she landed a job in CNN. She currently anchors CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin for the time slot of 2pm-4pm ET. Her current net worth of $1.3 million makes it clear that with her stellar journalism skills, she has also got great money management skills which have helped her credit score to skyrocket.