When this new career of sportscasting was born, many young people, such as myself, would dream of becoming the next Red Barber, Mel Allen, or Vince Scully.
Salary.
Overall, television news salaries were up 3.75 percent. That is above the previous year's 3.1 percent, but inflation rose up to 3.4. That will make the growth in real wages of .35 percent almost the same to last year's 0.4 percent.
The RTNDA/Ball State University Survey was conducted in the fourth quarter among all 1,387 operating, non-satellite television stations with valid responses from 731 of the television stations (52.7 percent).
Television News Salaries.
Job Average Median Minimum Maximum.
Sports Anchor $49,700 $35,000 $14,000 $535,000.
Sports Reporter $34,500 $24,000 $14,000 $223,000.
Median Television News Salaries 1995 to 2000.
Job 2000 1995 Percent.
Sports Anchor $35,000 $32,500 +7.7%.
Sports Reporter $24,000 $21,000 +14.3%.
Median TV News Salaries by Market Size.
Job 1-25 26-50 51-100 101-149 150+.
Sports Anchor $128,000 $60,000 $43,000 $28,000 $25,500.
Sports Reporter $70,000 $30,000 $25,000 $20,000 $18,000.
There are no meaningful salary differences by network affiliation (other than PBS stations paying less). Commercial stations other than ABC, CBS, FOX, and NBC affiliates generally paid more, but that is because they are concentrated in larger markets.
Median TV News Salaries by Staff Size.
Job 51+ 31-50 21-30 11-20 1-10.
Sports Anchor $90,000 $40,000 $30,000 $25,000 $21,000.
Sports Reporter $53,000 $24,000 $20,000 $18,000 *.
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Generally, the larger the news staff, the higher the salary.
Percentage of TV News People Under Contract or Non-Competes.
Job Under Contract Under Non-Compete.
Sports Anchor 71% 63%.
Sports Reporter 48% 39%.
Just more than half (50.2 percent) of the people who work in TV news are under contract, and nearly as many (43.1 percent) have non-compete agreements. Non-Competes are not legal in all 50 states. .
Sports Broadcaster's yearly salary.
