Sara Haines – $300K

Getting a foothold in the media via the fellowship/internship NBC Page Programme, Sara Haines worked her way from a production coordinator of NBC Today in 2002 to fourth-hour correspondent in 2009. But it was her move to ABC that gave her a big break.

Like her roles at NBC, Haines worked her way up from weekend Pop News Anchor on Good Morning America to co-hosting The View. She eventually left The View after contributing an Emmy Award to the show, to go back to GMA Day. It was quickly renamed Sara and Strahan, after the chemistry between her and co-host Michael Strahan grew the show’s popularity rating.