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What broadcasters make
Typical
$58,000
Small-market first job
$37,000
Big-market host or anchor
$120,000
Job Bank's national median is $27.97 an hour, about $58,000 a year full time. This is one of the widest spreads of any job on this site: the top figure is $57.69 an hour, and a handful of national hosts earn far past it.