Arts, Design & Media
Television Anchors
SOC 27-3011
Present news or shows on camera to broadcast and streaming audiences.
The job
Median pay
$47k
$35k to $75k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Declining
-7.6% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
5/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
55th pct
More exposed than 55% of occupations · modeled estimate · 99th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
31/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,620 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $60k~ |
| New York | 1,460 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $81k |
| Indiana | 1,040 | 0.3 | 2.4× | $62k |
| Florida | 990 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $56k |
| Tennessee | 970 | 0.3 | 2.2× | $48k |
| Texas | 960 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $49k |
| Ohio | 910 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $42k |
| North Carolina | 830 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $48k |
| Pennsylvania | 830 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $52k |
| Illinois | 770 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $47k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 750 | 0.3 | 1.9× | $44k |
| Michigan | 650 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $47k |
| Washington | 620 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $44k |
| Wisconsin | 580 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $41k |
| Georgia | 490 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $42k |
| Missouri | 470 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $45k |
| Virginia | 460 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $44k |
| Kansas | 440 | 0.3 | 2.2× | $35k |
| Arizona | 410 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $48k |
| Kentucky | 340 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $36k |
| Iowa | 320 | 0.2 | 1.5× | $37k |
| Colorado | 310 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $51k |
| Alabama | 300 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $39k |
| Arkansas | 300 | 0.2 | 1.7× | $36k |
| Oklahoma | 300 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $36k |
| Connecticut | 290 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $52k~ |
| Maryland | 290 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $74k |
| Massachusetts | 280 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $60k |
| Nebraska | 280 | 0.3 | 2.0× | $45k |
| Oregon | 240 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $46k |
| South Dakota | 230 | 0.5 | 3.7× | $41k |
| Louisiana | 190 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $33k |
| New Jersey | 190 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $71k |
| New Mexico | 190 | 0.2 | 1.6× | $39k |
| Utah | 190 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $46k |
| North Dakota | 180 | 0.4 | 3.1× | $39k |
| Maine | 170 | 0.3 | 1.9× | $44k |
| Mississippi | 160 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $34k |
| Nevada | 160 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $60k |
| South Carolina | 150 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $31k |
| Hawaii | 140 | 0.2 | 1.6× | $51k |
| Montana | 130 | 0.3 | 1.9× | $35k |
| West Virginia | 130 | 0.2 | 1.4× | $35k |
| Vermont | 110 | 0.4 | 2.6× | $35k |
| Rhode Island | 90 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $55k |
| Alaska | 80 | 0.2 | 1.8× | $45k |
| Washington DC | 70 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $77k~ |
| New Hampshire | 70 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $46k |
| Idaho | 50 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $47k |
| Wyoming | 50 | 0.2 | 1.3× | $37k |
| Delaware | 42 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $45k~ |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,090 jobs · $125k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA600 jobs
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN560 jobs · $48k median
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN480 jobs · $49k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA420 jobs · $45k median
- Bloomington, IN360 jobs · $67k median
- Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC340 jobs
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL340 jobs · $70k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Television Anchors interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.