It’s frustrating to miss your favorite TV show because someone 25 miles away is getting a severe thunderstorm. They get death threats for interrupting popular shows A meteorologist starting out in a smaller television market could struggle to crack $20,000 a year, which is hardly enough to live on.Ģ. The average salary for broadcast meteorologists around the United States is about $57,000, but that takes into account well-paid bigwigs - think Tom Skilling at WGN in Chicago - as well as the chipper new weekend meteorologist who’s barely old enough to go to a bar. They’re on TV, after all, so how hard could they have it? “You made more money at your first job than we did,” said one meteorologist at a news station in the southeastern U.S. It’s easy to assume your friendly neighborhood weatherperson is raking in the dough. Most television meteorologists aren’t paid well Here are a few secrets your favorite TV meteorologist would love to tell you about their jobs - but can’t. Part of the job is staying cool in the face of criticism and keeping mum on things that annoy them. Broadcast meteorologists are on the front lines of weather communication, talking us through the weather on local television news and social media every day.
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