Hoda Kotb is set to earn 'way more' than her previous $7M salary after shock departure from Today show Have YOU got a story? Email tips@dailymail.com By SONIA HORON FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Published: 03:48, 23 January 2025 | Updated: 03:51, 23 January 2025 e-mail View comments Hoda Kotb is poised to earn significantly more than her previous salary, after her shock departure from the Today show.
The 60-year-old TV star recently left her role as the co-host of the NBC morning show — where she reportedly earned $7 million per year — and an industry insider has now claimed that Hoda's earnings are set to skyrocket in the coming months and years. 'She's going to earn way more than she did at the Today show,' a source told Us Weekly on Wednesday. 'Now that she's not full-time at NBC, Hoda's going to be working with brands and can be paid to endorse them.
' 'She also could make several hundred thousand dollars for speaking engagements on subjects like, "changing your life at 60."' Meanwhile NBC bosses are reportedly eyeing Scarlett Johansson, 40, for Hoda's replacement , with rumors of a $5 million-a-year contract in the mix. Hoda Kotb, 60, is poised to earn significantly more than her previous salary, after leaving the Today show; Pictured in New York on January 10 - her last day on the Today show Hoda left her role on the TV show on January 10, and she recently announced plans to launch her own wellness app.
In 2018, after Hoda was announced as a new co-anchor alongside Savannah Guth.