Report: Highest-Paid News Anchors in 2019

Sean Hannity

Broadcasting the news has taken a hit in the information age, as more and more media consumers get their news from digital platforms rather than turning on Fox, CNN or some of the other "alphabet" TV news networks.

Even so, being a news anchor is still a lucrative career in 2019, especially if you're in television representing one of the big media broadcasters.

According to The Street, if you host a nightly news show on Fox or MSNBC or anchor the news for a major network like CBS or ABC, chances are you're going to pull in millions of dollars annually, even though the average U.S. news anchor salary stands at $58,964, according to Payscale.com

The highest-paid news anchors are doing better than that - way better. And these marquee news anchors are raking in the most money on an annual basis, with some familiar names at the top of the list.

⏩ The Highest-Paid News Anchors in 2019:

1. Sean Hannity...Salary - $40 million
2. Diane Sawyer...$22 million
3. Robin Roberts...$18 million (Co-host of ABC's "Good Morning America")
4. George Stephanopoulos...$15 million
5. Anderson Cooper...$12 million
6. Shepard Smith...$10 million
7. Maria Bartiromo...$10 million
8. Joe Scarborough...$8 million
9. Bret Baier...$7 million
10. Scott Pelley...$7 million
11. Rachel Maddow...$7 million
12. Tucker Carlson...$6 million
13. Lawrence O'Donnell...$5 million
14. Lester Holt...$4 million
15. Erin Burnett...$3 million  (host of "Erin Burnett Outfront" on CNN)