As of 2021, who is the highest paid news anchor?

News anchors are some of the wealthiest celebrities in the world. Sean Hannity is the highest paid news anchor as of 2021. Sean Hannity, a stalwart at Fox News as host of "The Sean Hannity Show" earns $42,900,000 annually as of 2021 at the broadcast network and has an estimated net worth of $252,000,000. Hannity was hired by Fox News and political talk show "Hannity & Colmes," which lasted to 2009. A resident of Long Island, N.Y., Hannity continues to host both a weekly radio show and his Fox television broadcast, making him one of the hardest working and wealthiest news personalities in the United States.

Diane Sawyer is one of the most well known news anchors in the world and the highest paid female journalist news anchor. Sawyer began anchoring "ABC World News" in 2009. Since 2014, Diane Sawyer has conducted high-profile interviews and specials for ABC. She receives an annual salary of $22,900,000 as of 2021. Bill O'Reilly, the conservative political commentator for Fox, has a net worth of $84,000,000. He receives an annual salary of $23,000,000 as of 2021. He runs the show "The O'Reilly Factor" which aired on Fox from 1996 until recently. Anderson Cooper of CNN news channel is the third most paid male news anchor, he receives an annual salary of 15,000,000 as of 2021. His net worth is $205,000,000 as of 2021.