The Highest-Paid Female News Anchors Working Today
Charissa Thompson – $500,000 Salary
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No questions asked, Charissa Thompson will go down in sports reporter history. After working at nearly every major sports network, including ESPN, Versus, and GSN, just to name a few, Thompson has paved the way for many other female sports anchors. Most famously, she co-hosted FSN’s The Best Damn Sports Show Period until 2009.
Never one to sit still, Thompson has changed networks once again, now working as a sideline reporter for NFL games on Fox Sports. She also occasionally works for the Big Ten Network, covering college football and basketball games. Reportedly, Thompson makes $500,000 annually – she’s certainly worth it!
Kat Timpf – $100,000 Salary
In a little over a decade, Kat Timpf has gone from a new college graduate to one of the biggest stars on Fox News. In 2000, Timpf graduated from magna cum laude in 2010 from Hillsdale College. Just a short while later, she started working for Fox News and never looked back. It started with small appearances on shows like Red Eye and Fox and Friends. From there, it spiraled!
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Most recently, Timpf earned her own show, Sincerely, Kat, which has become a hit since it started in June, 2019. So, you can expect her salary and net worth to rise soon enough!
Chelsea Handler – $10 Million Net Worth
Whenever other female news anchors take a serious approach to the news, comedian and TV host Chelsea Handler decides to do something altogether different. Instead of taking things too seriously, she instead uses her time as a stand-up comedian to her advantage. And it has certainly paid off: not only does Handler sell out stadiums all around the world, but she also hosts tons of insightful comedy documentaries.
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Most recently, Handler hosted Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea, a humorous look at the serious problems facing America, on Netflix. This year, meanwhile, she’s releasing a new special through HBO Max. No wonder she’s worth a whopping $10 million!
Melissa Theuriau – $18 Million Salary
Flying the French flag, Melissa Theuriau has become one of the most recognizable faces in her country thanks to her work as a journalist and news anchor for French channel M6. However, she first rose to prominence thanks to her work as editor-in-chief of the French magazine Zone Interdite.
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When she is not reporting on news and current affairs, Theuriau dedicates her time to working alongside UNICEF, running an organization called La Rose, which provides education for needy young girls. So far, she’s managed to create a fortune of $18 million, proving her immense success in the entertainment scene!
Kelly Ripa – $22 Million Salary
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Kelly Ripa first became famous for portraying Hayley Vaughan on the ABC daytime soap opera, All My Children in the ’80s. However, today, more people known Ripa as one of the great female TV hosts. In 2001, she took over as the co-host of Live! With Regis and Kelly, previously Live! With Regis and Kathy Lee. After Regis left, Ripa stayed on. Today, she makes $20 million as the co-host of Live! With Kelly and Ryan.
Ripa and her husband, Mark Consuelos, also earn some cash from owning a New York-based production company, Milojo. As a result, in 2014, the female host was named one of the Most Powerful People in Media by The Hollywood Reporter!