# What is Jim Cantore's Salary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 23, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041 "2005-09-23T13:31:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/1 "2005-09-23T13:31:21Z")
Along with many other folks I’ve been watching more of The Weather Channel than is probably good for me. Last night my wife and I were watching and Jim Cantore (hubba hubba) came on to do his live feed. We both started to wonder - What’s a Weather Channel meterologist pull down a year? We have a friend or two in local TV news production and those guys don’t make a tremendous amount. My wife was doubting that TWC people did either; however, I pointed out that the channel is national and I’m betting they do pretty well. Any ideas? Google of “Jim Cantore’s salary” was a bust. ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/2 "2005-09-23T13:43:06Z")
Well, I can’t speak in specific to the gentleman you asked about, but the average salary of a meterologist in the U.S. is $81,184. [Source](http://swz.salary.com/salarywizard/layouthtmls/swzl_compresult_national_RD14000141.html) Zev Steinhrdt ---
**Author:** ![Golden\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@Golden\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Golden_Goose)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/3 "2005-09-23T14:04:39Z")
The local weatherman here in NYC, Sam Champion, makes $1.5 million/yr. cite: [http://www.newyorkmetro.com/guides/salary/14497/index1.html](http://www.newyorkmetro.com/guides/salary/14497/index1.html) (sorry, I don’t know how to do links) ☹ ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/4 "2005-09-23T14:19:23Z")
Personally, I think ol’ Jim does it for the thrill. As the saying goes: “It ain’t summer til Jim Cantore stands on the beach during a hurricane.” ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/5 "2005-09-23T16:31:38Z")
No salary info but some bio data. [Broadcast Meteorologist Jim Cantore](http://outside.away.com/outside/features/200509/dream-jobs-6.html) ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/6 "2005-09-23T19:28:18Z")
Sounds like Jim Cantore needs all the extra income he can get. He probably gets six figures from the Weather Channel since he is their marquee guy. ---
**Author:** ![Duckhook337](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Duckhook337](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckhook337)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/7 "2010-07-09T02:59:46Z")
I think Cantore makes 7 figures. Tom Skilling for WGN in Chicago makes $2 million/yr. Other chief mets in top ten markets make $500k+ > **[Career as a TV meteorologist](https://www.tropicalweather.net/careers-as-a-tv-meteorologist.html)** > > Have you thought about becoming a TV weathercaster? Find out what schooling is required and what a typical day is like for an broadcast meteorologist by meteorologist Rich Johnson ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/8 "2010-07-09T13:11:42Z")
I have absolutely nothing of substance to add, but I did want to say that on a radio morning show where I live, the female co-host often refers to both her large crush on Jim Cantore, and the fact that she has a rather large vibrator that she _named_ Jim Cantore. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2010, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-jim-cantores-salary/323041/9 "2010-07-09T13:14:56Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > I have absolutely nothing of substance to add, but I did want to say that on a radio morning show where I live, the female co-host often refers to both her large crush on Jim Cantore, and the fact that she has a rather large vibrator that she _named_ Jim Cantore. It takes a tough man to make a tender forecast! Keep pluckin that chicken!