The Highest-Paid Female News Anchors of All Time

Brooke Baldwin: $1.3M

Brooke Baldwin is best known for hosting CNN Newsroom with Brooke Baldwin from 2008 until 2021 when she announced her departure from the show. Baldwin won a Silver World Medal for Best Investigative Report at the New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards in 2012 for her documentary To Catch a Serial Killer. She also covered both President Obama and President Trump's inaugurations.

Jane Pauley: $1.2M

Jane Pauley has been reporting and hosting since 1972. She first rose to prominence as Barbara Walters' successor on Today. She then moved on to Dateline NBC from 1992 to 2003. Since 2014, Pauley has hosted CBS Sunday Morning.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.