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By Elise Solé
Kotb will maintain her job as co-anchor of the show’s fourth hour, with Kathie Lee Gifford, a role she’s held since 2007. Per the Post, “Kotb gets up around 4 a.m. to host Today from 7 to 9 a.m., then records updates for the West Coast and other video before going back on the air.” While the Post suggests that Kotb is content with her salary, it was a different story for E! host Catt Sadler, who in December quit her job after learning that her male co-host earns double her salary. Despite the fact that women make up half the workforce, are the sole earners or co-earners in families with children, and outrank men in undergrad and college degrees, women earn less in nearly every occupation, according to data from the Institute for Women’s Policy Research (IWPR).