At age 30, Dana Bash has an estimated salary of over $3 million. Taking in her allowances and bonuses, it is rumored that she takes home more than $100,000 a year.

After graduating from college, Bash worked for CNN as a producer on weekend shows like Late Edition, Evans & Novak, and Inside Politics. She later moved on to producing programs focused on the United States Senate.

By profession, she is a Chief Political Correspondent and Co-Anchor State of the Union at CNN.