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Here's A List Of 10 Highest Paid NBC Political Reporters In 2022?

Highest Paid NBC Political Reporters In 2022
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Political reporters are some of the wealthiest celebrities in the world. Different news networks like CNN, New York Times, Fox News, NBC News, and Washington Post employ some of the richest and highest-earning reporters around the world.

We all are living in a fast-paced world where news comes and goes incredibly quickly. Politics is something that associates with the governance of a country and is directly linked with every individual.

NBC is among the network that has employed renowned journalists and some of the wealthiest reporters to be listed. Here are the 10 highest-paid political reporters of NBC.

10. Miguel Almaguer


Salary: $20,000 – $100,000

Net Worth: $1.5 million

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Miguel Almaguer (born March 11, 1977) serves as a correspondent for NBC News. He dedicates his time to actively reporting for all divisions of the network and is based at its Los Angeles bureau.

The NBC correspondent, Almaguer, has earned a hefty net worth of $1.5 million through his true passion and dedication in the field. Moreover, Almaguer's yearly salary ranges between $20,000 - $100,000.

Born in Oakland, California, now 45 years old, Miguel was raised in Berkeley, California. In 2000, the American journalist began his television career working with KSBW in Salinas, California. The following year, Miguel was hired as a reporter for KCRA-TV in Sacramento. The journalist has never been married and does not have any children.

9. Jonathan Allen

Salary: $110, 288

Net Worth: $2 million

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Jonathan Allen, 45, is a well-known face when it comes to political reporters of NBC. The American media personality serves as a senior political analyst for NBC News. Allen is also a former chief political correspondent for Vox.

Allen has an estimated net worth of $2 million, which he gains entirely from his dedication and passion as a professional journalist. Further, the estimated annual salary of a senior reporter is around $110, 288. Allen has actively reported on the White House, Congress, and electoral politics in Washington for nearly two decades.

Allen is married to his lovely wife Stephanie, a researcher, since 2005, and they share two children together. He and Stephanie first met while Allen was working at Congressional Quarterly.

8. Henry Gomez

Salary: $110,288

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Henry Gomez is recently named as the senior national political reporter of NBC. The journalist has come a long way from his early days as Editor-in-Chief of the Jambar, the student-run newspaper at Youngstown State University.

The net worth and salary details of the journalist are yet to get revealed as of now. However, the estimated total pay for a Senior Reporter at NBC is around $110,288 per year.

He has been covering politics since 2011 in Ohio. From 2017 to January 2021, Henry served as a political reporter for BuzzFeed and later started covering national politics from the Midwest for NBC News digital platform.

Boarman native, Gomez, studied at YSU from 1999 to 2003 while working at The Tribune-Chronicle. Soon after his graduation, he started his internship at The Sacramento Bee in California and returned back to Ohio.

7. Steve Kornacki

Salary: $40,000 – $ 110,500

Net Worth: $2 million

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Stephan Joseph Kornacki (born August 22, 1979), professionally known as Steve Kornacki, is a renowned American political journalist, television host, and writer. He serves as a national political correspondent for NBC News.

Political journalist Steve earns an annual salary ranging from $40,000 – $ 110,500. Moreover, the former multimedia anchor has an estimated net worth of $2 million. Thanks to his successful career as a television host, writer, and national political correspondent. He is the former multimedia anchor and data analyst of MNBC's The Place for Politics.

The political journalist has written articles for The Wall Street Journal, New York Daily News, The Boston Globe, The Daily Beast, Salon, The New York Observer, The New York Times, New York Post, and The Daily Beast. Born in Groton, Massachusetts, Kornacki, 42, publicly came out as gay in 2011 through a column in Salon.

6. Steve Schmidt

Salary: $45,000 – $110,500

Net Worth: $10 million

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Steve Schmidt (born September 28, 1970), 51, is a renowned political strategist and MSNBC political analyst. Previously, Steve worked on Republican political campaigns, including those of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, President George W. Bush, and Arizona Senator John McCain.

Public affairs strategist Schmidt has a projected net worth of around $10 million. In additional, his annual salary ranges between $45,000 – $110,500. On December 14, 2020, podcast the analyst announced that he planned to register as a member of the Democratic Party.

However, Utah voter registration data in 2021 showed he was registered as a member of the American Independent Party. Schmidt shares three children with his former wife, Angela Schmidt.

5. Bret Stephens

Salary: $250,460

Net Worth: $2.5 million

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Bret Louis Stephens (born November 21, 1973) joined as a senior contributor to NBC News in June 2017. Further, he began serving for The New York Times as an opinion columnist in April 2017. He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American conservative.

Stephens has an average annual salary of $250,460. His net worth in 2022 has been growing significantly, and at 48, the senior contributor to NBC Bret has a whopping net worth of $2.5 million.

He is a former foreign-affairs columnist for The Wall Street Journal. The renowned political commentator and columnist Stephens, 48, served as editor-in-chief for The Jerusalem Post from 2002 to 2004.

New York City native Bret previously married American writer Pamela Paul. Currently, he is married to New York Times music critic Corinna da Fonseca-Wollheim. Bret and Corinna have three children together.

4. Andrea Mead Canning

Salary: $400,000

Net Worth: $1.5 million

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Andrea Mead Canning (born December 10, 1972) was named a Dateline NBC correspondent in October 2012. The Canadian-American journalist and writer further contributed to other NBC News platforms, including NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, and Today.

Canning's net worth stands at $1.5 million, and has an annual salary of around $400,000. The NBC correspondent has also appeared in the role of a news anchor in the television series Ruby Herring Mystery movies beginning in 2019.

Besides working as a journalist, Andrea is a writer for Lifetime and Hallmark Channel movies. 49-year-old Canning was born in Blue Mountain, Ontario, and was raised in Collingwood, Ontario. The journalist married Lt. Col Tony Bancroft, a F/A-18 instructor pilot, in 2008. The duo has five daughters and one son together.

3. Nicolle Wallace 

Salary: $2 million

Net Worth: $4 million

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Nicolle Wallace, 50, (born February 4, 1972) is widely known for being the anchor of the politics program Deadline: White House. She is also the anchor of the MSNBC news and a former co-host of the ABC daytime talk show The View.

Her salary at Deadline; White House is yet to be revealed to the public; however, on average, someone in a similar post can probably earn an annual wage of around $2 million. Moreover, Wallace's estimated net worth is around $4 million.

Being a political analyst for NBC and MSNBC, Nicolle is a frequent on-air contributor to the programs Morning Joe, The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle, and Today. Wallace's former political career includes serving as the White House Communications Director during the presidency of George W. Bush.

Born in Orange County in Southern California, Wallace married Mark Wallace, an American businessman, in 2005. The pair welcomed their first child, a son, in 2012. However, in 2019, Mark and Nicolle quietly divorced. In April 2022, Nicolle tied her knot with journalist Michael S. Schmidt.

2. Joe Scarborough

Salary: $8 million

Net Worth: $25 million

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Charles Joseph Scarborough (born April 9, 1963) is a renowned political commentator who is also the co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC alongside his wife, Mika Brzezinski. Prior to this, Joe hosted Scarborough Country on the same network.

Scarborough's net worth stands at $25 million. Further, the political commentator earns an annual salary of $8 million. Before entering into journalism, Joe was a lawyer and a politician, he served in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican for Florida's 1st district from 1995 to 2001.

Additionally, Scarborough was named in the 2011 Time 100 as one of the most influential people in the world. NBC News senior political analyst Scarborough, 59, previously married Melanie Hinton in 1986. They had two sons and eventually got separated in 1999.

Joe tied his knot with his second wife, Susan Waren, in 2001, with whom he shares a daughter born in 2003 and a son born in 2008. The pair were divorced in January 2013. Joe married Mika Brzezinski on November 24, 2018, in a ceremony officiated by U.S. Representative Elijah Cummings.

1. Chuck Todd

Salary: $10 million

Net Worth: $48 million

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Charles David Todd (born April 18, 1972), exclusively known as Chuck Todd, is a well-known American television journalist who serves as the 12th and present moderator of NBC's Meet the Press. The Political Director for NBC News, Todd, also hosts Meet the Press Now, its daily edition on NBC News Now.

The renowned journalist reportedly earns a salary of $10 million per year and has an expected net worth of around $48 million (approx). Before contributing to the world of political reporting and analysis, Chuck gathered practical political experience on initiative campaigns in Florida and various other national campaigns based in Washington, D.C.

Born in Miami, Florida, to Lois Cheri and Stephen Randolph Todd, Chuck is Jewish on his mother's wide. Currently, 50-year-old Todd is a proud occupant of Arlington, Virginia. He is heading a prosperous life alongside his wife, Kristian Denny Todd, and their two lovely children.