Hoda Kotb – $7 Million
In the 20 years since she began her career as a Dateline NBC journalist in 1998, Hoda has established a name for herself. In 2008, she started presenting The Today Show’s fourth hour alongside Kathie Lee Gifford. She had her big break in 2017 when she was invited to serve as the third co-anchor of NBC’s Today morning show. Hoda contributed to making history by joining the first-ever all-female co-hosting team when veteran anchor Matt Lauer was abruptly fired in 2018. Her annual compensation is reportedly $7 million!
Natalie Morales – $8.5 Million
Natalie Morales, co-anchor of the NBC News Today Show, has made several appearances on shows including Dateline NBC and NBC Nightly News. Morales has a second job as a weekend anchor and reporter for Hartford’s WVIT-TV in addition to her role on The Today Show. After she began covering interesting events like Hurricane Floyd, the 2000 Presidential election, and the Columbine shootings, she gained notoriety. Natalie was selected as one of the “Fifty Most Beautiful People” in 2007 and won the Catalina Magazine award for “Groundbreaking Latina in Media.” Her estimated yearly income is $8.5 million.
Ann Curry – $10 Million
Ann Curry has been in the news business for more than 30 years, specializing on stories about war, natural catastrophes, and human suffering. She is a well-known news journalist, photographer, and television personality. Over the years, she has covered a variety of catastrophes, including the 2010 Haiti earthquake and the Southeast Asian tsunami. Curry served as Dateline NBC’s host from 2005 through 2011. She started hosting The Today Show in 2012, and her yearly salary is $10 million.
Chelsea Handler – $10 Million
Unlike the other women on this list, Chelsea isn’t technically a reporter or journalist; instead, she takes current events and twists them into comedic material. Her first gig was as the host of a self-titled late-night talk program on the E! Network, which she did from 2007 until 2014. She secured a four-part Netflix docu-series contract when her program was cancelled, but the project garnered mixed reviews. She now hosts a chat program on TBS, and her yearly income is thought to be $10 million.
Courtney Friel – $12 Million
Courtney Friel, an American journalist, is now a news anchor for KLTA-TV in California. Her area of expertise is reporting on entertainment news for Los Angeles’ KTTV and Fox 11. She began her career at GoTV as a sports anchor and World Poker Tour host. She has worked for the Fox News Channel and many regional news outlets during her career. She has been on the television show E! Entertainment and modeled for publications including Maxim and FHM. Her projected $12 million net worth is high.
