Andrea Mitchell Net Worth

What is Andrea Mitchell's Net Worth and Salary?

Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor, and reporter who has a net worth of $20 million. That is a combined net worth with her late husband, former Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan. Andrea's reported annual NBC/MSNBC salary has been $750,000.

Mitchell is one of the most respected and longest-serving journalists in American broadcast news. She has worked for NBC News since the late 1970s and has served as the network's Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and Chief Washington Correspondent. Over the course of her career, she has covered the White House, Congress, foreign policy, presidential campaigns, major international crises, and several generations of American political leadership.

For many viewers, Mitchell is also known for her long-running MSNBC program "Andrea Mitchell Reports," which premiered in 2008. She stepped away from the daily anchor chair in 2025 after nearly 17 years hosting the show, but she remained with NBC News in her senior correspondent roles, continuing to report on politics, diplomacy, foreign affairs, and major breaking news events.

Mitchell published the book "Talking Back… to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels" in 2005, and she has appeared as herself on the television series "30 Rock" (2010), "Political Animals" (2012), "Alpha House" (2014), and "Murphy Brown" (2018). In 2019, the News & Documentary Emmys honored her with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy.

Financial Disclosures

Andrea Mitchell and Alan Greenspan's finances were partially revealed in Greenspan's final public financial disclosure as Federal Reserve chairman. According to that 2004 filing, Greenspan personally controlled assets valued between $3 million and $6.5 million. Because he was still leading the Federal Reserve at the time, his assets were held conservatively in short-term Treasury bills to avoid conflicts of interest. Mitchell, who was listed separately in the filing, disclosed assets worth between $1.3 million and $3 million.

Mitchell's longtime NBC/MSNBC salary has been reported at $750,000 per year. Greenspan earned a comparatively modest government salary of around $180,000 per year during his final years as Fed chairman, but his post-government income was much more lucrative. After leaving the Fed, he founded Greenspan Associates LLC, advised major financial firms, and reportedly received an $8.5 million advance for his 2007 memoir, "The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World."

Early Life

Andrea Mitchell was born on October 30, 1946, in New Rochelle, New York. She grew up in a Jewish household with her mother, Cecile, father, Sydney, and siblings Susan and Arthur. Cecile worked as an administrator at the New York Institute of Technology, and Sydney was the CEO and part-owner of a Manhattan-based furniture manufacturing company as well as president of New Rochelle's Beth El Synagogue.

Andrea attended New Rochelle High School, and after graduation, she enrolled at the University of Pennsylvania. As a college student, she was the news director of WXPN, the student radio station. In 1967, Andrea earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.

Early Career in Philadelphia and Washington

After graduating from college, Mitchell began her journalism career in Philadelphia. She took a job as a reporter at KYW radio, where she served as City Hall correspondent. She also reported for KYW-TV, the radio station's sister television outlet, gaining experience across both radio and television news.

In 1976, Mitchell moved to Washington, D.C., to work for WTOP, a CBS affiliate. That move placed her in the center of national politics and set the stage for the career that would make her one of the most recognizable political and foreign affairs reporters in American television.

NBC News

Mitchell joined NBC News as a general correspondent in 1978. In 1979, she became NBC's energy correspondent, a role that placed her at the center of one of the decade's biggest domestic stories when she reported on the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island.

She began covering the White House in 1981, during the first year of the Ronald Reagan administration. Mitchell later became NBC News' Chief Congressional Correspondent, a position she held from 1988 to 1992. From 1993 to 1994, she served as NBC's Chief White House Correspondent, covering the early years of the Bill Clinton administration.

Chief Foreign Affairs and Washington Correspondent

In 1994, Mitchell became NBC News' Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, a role that became central to her career. She reported on diplomacy, intelligence, national security, the State Department, foreign conflicts, and the international dimensions of American politics.

Over the years, Mitchell covered presidential campaigns, foreign policy debates, major summits, military conflicts, and breaking news around the world. Her reporting appeared across "NBC Nightly News," "Today," MSNBC, and NBC News specials. She has also appeared on "Meet the Press" more than 50 times as a correspondent, panelist, or guest host.

Mitchell eventually held the dual titles of Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and Chief Washington Correspondent, reflecting her unusual range across international affairs and domestic politics.

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"Andrea Mitchell Reports" and MSNBC

In 2008, Mitchell began anchoring "Andrea Mitchell Reports" on MSNBC. The weekday program became one of MSNBC's longest-running daytime shows and gave Mitchell a daily platform to interview lawmakers, diplomats, candidates, analysts, journalists, and newsmakers.

The show combined breaking political coverage with foreign affairs reporting, drawing heavily on Mitchell's decades of experience in Washington. She regularly covered presidential elections, congressional battles, international crises, national security stories, and the diplomatic fallout from major world events.

In 2025, Mitchell stepped away from the daily anchor chair after nearly 17 years hosting "Andrea Mitchell Reports." She said she wanted to spend more time returning to field reporting and major breaking news coverage. Though the daily show ended, Mitchell remained at NBC News as Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent and Chief Washington Correspondent.

Books, Documentaries, and Television Appearances

Andrea published "Talking Back… to Presidents, Dictators, and Assorted Scoundrels" in 2005. The book drew on her decades covering presidents, foreign leaders, campaigns, scandals, wars, and Washington power players.

She has appeared in the documentaries "Amateur Night at City Hall: The Story of Frank L. Rizzo" (1978), "9/11: In Our Own Words" (2011), "The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth" (2016), "Hillary" (2020), and "Velshi" (2020).

Mitchell competed against Oliver North and Bill Maher on "Jeopardy!" during Power Players Week in 1997, and she has been a guest on the comedy programs "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," "Late Night with Seth Meyers," and "The Daily Show." Andrea has also appeared on "Larry King Live," "Hardball with Chris Matthews," "The Rachel Maddow Show," "Charlie Rose," "Ronan Farrow Daily," "The Rundown," "Morning Joe," and "Washington Week in Review."

Personal Life

Andrea was married to Gil Jackson from 1970 to 1975. She began a relationship with Federal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan in the 1980s. The couple married on April 6, 1997, in a ceremony officiated by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Greenspan was one of the most influential economic policymakers of the modern era, serving as Chairman of the Federal Reserve from 1987 to 2006. Andrea and Alan became one of Washington's most prominent power couples, joining two worlds that often overlapped: political journalism and economic policy.

Alan Greenspan died on June 22, 2026, at his home in Washington, D.C. He was 100 years old. Mitchell said the cause was complications of Parkinson's disease. She was his only immediate survivor.

In September 2011, Mitchell revealed that she had breast cancer, stating, "Mine was discovered during my annual screening just a short time ago. Luckily for me, I am one of the fortunate ones; we discovered it in the earliest stage, it hadn't spread, and I'm already back at work with a terrific prognosis."

In 2017, she founded the Andrea Mitchell Center for the Study of Democracy at the University of Pennsylvania to support research and discussion about democratic values, institutions, and political life around the world.

Valerie Plame Controversy

In 2003, "The Washington Post" reported that Andrea had leaked the identity of CIA officer Valerie Plame. Mitchell later disputed that characterization and said she had not been the recipient of the leak before Robert Novak's column appeared.

Mitchell said she had learned about Plame from Novak's column like everyone else. She later explained that Plame's connection to the intelligence community was known among some reporters covering national security, but that she did not know Plame had a covert role involving weapons of mass destruction until Novak's column was published.

Awards and Nominations

Mitchell has been nominated for numerous News & Documentary Emmy Awards. She won the award for Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast for "NBC Nightly News" in 2009 and Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form for the NBC News special "Malaysia Flight 17" in 2015.

Most of her nominations have been for "NBC Nightly News" or NBC News specials, but "Dateline NBC" earned Andrea nominations for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story in a News Magazine for "Katrina: The Fight for Relief" in 2006 and Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine for "Terror in Paris" in 2015. She also received nominations for Outstanding Interview for "Andrea Mitchell Reports" for "Ambassador Nancy Brinker's First Interview" in 2013 and Outstanding Coverage of a Breaking News Story in a News Magazine for "On Assignment with Richard Engel" for "The Fall of Mosul" in 2018.

In 2019, the News & Documentary Emmys honored Mitchell with a Lifetime Achievement Emmy, recognizing her decades of reporting on American politics, foreign affairs, and global events.

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