The Salaries of All the Popular News Anchors

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$10 million

Lester Holt — known for his work with NBC and Dateline — makes $10 million annually. He has a net worth of more than $35 million and is a household name across the nation. After the demotion of co-worker Brian Williams in 2018 for false reporting, Holt secured the lead anchor position of NBC Nightly News. 

Lester Holt

Holt became the first African-American solo anchor of a weekday network nightly newscast when he was promoted to the spot on NBC Nightly News. Along with his weekday reporting, Holt was praised by The Washington Post for his work moderating the first 2016 Presidential debate and fact-checking fabrications. In 2018, Americans declared Holt the most trusted news anchor in the nation. 

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