Erin Burnett (45) – $20 Million

From her career as a journalist and broadcaster, Erin Burnett has made the big bucks on networks like CNBC and CNN. Before her departure from CNBC in May 2011 to join CNN, she had been working on the business finance network for five years.

After joining CNN, Burnett became one of the highest-paid and wealthiest news personalities, hosting her own prime-time news show “Erin Burnett OutFront” in New York City and receiving an annual estimated salary of $6 million. In November 2021, she covered the controversial situation regarding missing tennis star Peng Shuai, interviewing figures like IOC’s Dick Pound and WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon on her news program.