What is Joy Reid’s Net Worth? Salary explored as MSNBC cancels show

If you are an avid news reader (or watcher) in America, chances are you must have heard about Joy Reid, a popular Television anchor, writer, and producer. Reid has been working with MSNBC for years and gained popularity because of her sharp remarks on Donald Trump.

According to an article by The Ankler Newsletter, MSNBC is inducing pay cuts for top television anchors on their network, including Joy Reid and Stephanie Ruhle. Reid has been working with MSNBC since 2011 and has been a prime time host since 2020. According to the New York Post, she recently raised eyebrows in her rant when she said that Republicans worshipped Donald Trump "instead of Jesus."

According to an article by the Washington Free Beacon, Reid received a sum of $3 million per annum for hosting her 8 p.m. prime time show.

According to Hollywood Life, there were speculations of Reid's popular show 'ReidOut' being removed from the network, which is believed to be the reason for her pay cut. The speculations became true, and the show was cancelled recently.

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Joy Reid's Net Worth

Joy Reid is said to be one of the most popular faces on MSNBC. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Reid has a net worth of around $4 million. Though a major percentage of her income comes from MSNBC, she is an author who has written books like The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story, Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons, and the Racial Divide.

Reid has appeared in multiple television shows, including Now with Alex Wagner, Hardball with Chris Matthews, Meet the Press, Deadline: the White House, the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell, and Melissa Harris-Perry. She also hosts several events and special programs.

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Joy Reid's Early Life

Born on December 8, 1968, in New York as Joy-Ann M. Lomenna, Joy Reid's mother was a college professor and a nutritionist, while her father was an engineer from Congo. Growing up, her mother was a politically active woman, which shaped her interest in politics. She also has a sibling named June Carryl, who is an actress and scriptwriter and has appeared in around 60 television shows and movies.

While she was a pre-med student at Harvard University, she decided to drop out to study films at Harvard in 1991. According to Celebrity Net Worth, she quit her job at a business consulting firm in 1997 and moved to South Florida to host a morning show at WSVN.

In 2003, she quit journalism and was against the Iran war as well as the media's coverage of the war. To this, she joined America Coming Together- a political action group against the war. She later switched to radio in the year 2008. She has co-hosted a morning show called 'Wake Up South Florida.' From 2011 to 2014, she managed an online news platform titled 'The Grio' and was a political columnist for The Miami Herald from 2003 to 2015.

Her political blog 'The Reid Report' was turned into a show on MSNBC from 2014 to 2015. After the show was shut down, she became a correspondent and has been hosting multiple shows and podcasts. Her commentary show ReidOut earned her the title of the first black prime time anchor on television.

She married Jason Reid, a documentary filmmaker, in 1997, with whom she shares three daughters.