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Taylor Rooks Salary | Net Worth- Bio

Taylor Rooks Salary | Net Worth- Bio

Facts of Taylor Rooks

Full Name:Taylor Rooks
Annual Salary:$44,062
Monthly Salary:$3,671
Net Worth:$5 million
Date of Birth:May 22, 1992
Birth Place:St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Height:5 feet 9 inches
Weight:59 kg
Profession:American sports journalist, Host, Anchor
Education:Peachtree Ridge High School, University of Illinois
Nationality:American
Parents:Stephanie Rooks, Thomas Rooks
Siblings:Ryan Rooks
Nicknames:Taylor
Star Sign:Gemini
Nominations:Emmy Award

What is Taylor Rooks Salary?

Thursday Night Football’s sportscaster, Taylor Rooks earns an annual salary of $44,062 or £34,111. Her monthly income is $3,671 or £2,778. She is also a broadcaster of the famous American sports channel named, “Warner Bros” formerly known as Turner Sports.

Similarly, she also works in the “Bleacher Report” sports channel located in San Francisco. As a prominent sports broadcaster, Taylor Rooks earns an additional salary of $65,000 or £49,954. Likewise, her monthly wage is $5,416 or £4,155.

Here is the list of Annual and monthly salaries of Sports Broadcaster in America:

Positions  Annual Salary Monthly Pay 
Top Earners $106,000 $8,833
75th Percentile $65,000 $5,416
Average $58,242 $4,853
25th Percentile $39,500 $3,291

Taylor Rooks- Net Worth

As of 2024, Taylor Rooks holds an estimated net worth of $5 million or £3,847,340. Throughout her past 11 years of working experience, Taylor Rooks has successfully built up her professional career as a journalist and broadcaster.

Taylor also made multiple guest appearances on “BTN Live“, “BTN Football Pregame“, and “Women’s Sports Report“.

Previously, Taylor worked as a host, reporter, and correspondent at an American regional sports network named, “SportsNet New York” (SNY).

She also worked in multiple other sports channels such as, “New York Market” and “Big Ten Network”.

Also Read: What is ESPN and NBA journalist, Dave McMenamin’s Salary & Net Worth? Bio


Assets & Brand Endorsements

Recently, Taylor moved to her lavish cozy apartment with a two-bedroom in New York’s Financial District. She bought the apartment for $1.5 million or £1,143,804.

Taylor worked with the founders of Blk Mkt Vintage, Jannah Handy, and Kiyanna Stewart to decorate her new apartment. She has a spacious apartment with feminine architectural designs beautiful furniture and panorama collections worth $8,0000.

Similarly, Rooks has also participated in numerous brand endorsement projects and has earned a total sum of $65,646 per year.

She is the brand ambassador of the Polaris Slingshot which she rode on the ‘17th Annual International Female Ride Day‘. There she promoted the blue Polaris Slingshot worth $37,148 or £4,428.

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Caption: American sportscaster, Taylor Rooks on blue Polaris Slingshot
(Photo: Instagram)

Salary & Net Worth of Related Journalist

Journalists  Salary  Net Worth  Position 
Samantha Pounder Annual: $2 million Monthly: $150,00+ $16 million Host of Sunday NFL Countdown on ESPN
Sandra Smith Annual: $3 million Monthly: $25,0000 $6 million Co-anchor of America report on the Fox News channel
Charissa Thompson Annual: $700,000 Monthly: $58,333 $3 million Sportscaster working for Fox Sports
Kaitlan Collins Annual: $16, 9000 Monthly: $14,083 $5 million Anchor of CNN Primetime on CNN
Chuck Todd Annual: $8 million Monthly: $1 million $48 million Host of NBC’s Meet the Press show

Early Life

Taylor Rooks is the daughter of Stephanie Rooks (Mother) and Thomas Rooks (Father). Likewise, Taylor was born on May 22, 1992, in an American household.

Her hometown is located in St. Louis, the second-largest central city in Missouri, United States. According to her birthdate, Taylor’s zodiac sign is Gemini.

She was raised in a family of athletes, her father was a top-rushing leader for the Illinois Fighting Illini. Rooks belong to the Caucasian ethnic group and also follows Christianity.

Likewise, she is the niece of famous former Baseball left fielder player, Lou Brock, and former American New Orleans Saints NFL player, Marv Woodson. Taylor Rooks also has a sister named, Ryan Rooks who is a former swimmer and cheerleader.

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Caption: Taylor Rooks with her Mother (Photo: Instagram)

Education & Begining Career

Taylor Rooks enrolled at the public Peachtree Ridge High School in Suwanee, Georgia, United States. There she graduated in 2010 and completed her elementary and high school.

Taylor decides to follow in her parent’s footsteps and chooses to attend the famous University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

There she majored in broadcasting journalism. While her sister graduated from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.

At her university, Rooks broadcasted multiple national football/basketball recruiting stories. When Taylor was 19, she first worked for the “CBS Sports Network” as a reporter on the ‘WBB pre-NIT Championship’.

As a newbie and college student, Taylor Rooks worked for multiple news channels such as ‘PGA Tour’, ‘Comcast SportsNet Chicago‘, and ‘Fox Sports/Scout.com.’ etc.

Through her outstanding performance, Taylor also received scholarships and became a role model for multiple other women to pursue a profession in the media field.

Taylor Rooks | Professional Career

  • From Aug 2012 to May 2014, Rook covered multiple Illinois football and basketball sports news on the channel named, “scout.com.
  • Taylor Rooks also used to interview multiple players such as Cliff Alexander, Aaron Jordan, Charles Matthews, Jayson Tatum, etc.
  • After graduating, Taylor Rooks began hosting and reporting on the ‘Big Ten Network‘.
  • She previously worked on a night sports television show, ‘BTN Live‘ along with co-stars, Dave Revsine, Mike Hall, and Rick Pizzo.
  • Likewise, Taylor also used to report multiple sports news on Big Ten Games. She hosted multiple Women’s Sports Report with famous co-anchor, Lisa Byington in the Big Ten Games.
  • Previously from 2016-2017, she worked as a sideline reporter on “CBS Sports Network“.
  • In Aug 2016, Taylor also worked as a host, reporter, and anchor for “SportsNet New York” and multiple other media channels and shows.
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Caption: American sportscaster, Taylor Rooks (Photo: Instagram)

Current Work

Taylor Rooks left “SportsNet New York” and joined “Turner Sports” in 2020. Since then she has been working as a sportscaster and reporter for the channel.

Warner Bros (WBD) formerly known as Turner Sports is an American sports channel that broadcasted multiple club news such as TBS, TNT, AT&T Sports Net, etc.

Taylor is also working on the “Thursday Night Football” sports as a reporter. The channel is a branding used for broadcasts of ‘National Football League (NFL)‘ games.

Similarly, she is also a sports journalist on the “Bleacher Report” channel. Bleacher Reports is a website that focuses on sports culture, the channel’s head office is located in San Francisco.

Taylor Rooks | Ex-Boyfriend Jesse Williams

Taylor Rooks has been in relationships with multiple famous media celebrities in the past years. Just a year prior, Taylor Rooks dated the famous American actor, director, producer, and activist, Jesse Williams.

Taylor Rooks, Networth
Caption: American sportscaster, Taylor Rooks (Photo: Instagram)

Taylor and Jesse started dating in 2018. Jesse is also famous for his role named, Dr. Jacjson Avery from the famous ABC series titled, “Grey’s Anatomy“.

After a year, they broke up for an unknown reason. Later in 2019, Jesse started dating American actress, Taylour Paige. Whereas now, Taylor is single and is pursuing her career.


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)


What is Taylor Rooks Height & Weight?

⇒ Taylor Rooks has a perfect tall height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m) and a well-maintained slim body weight of 59 kg.

Does Taylor Rooks have children?

⇒ Taylor doesn’t have any children and is not married either.

Did Taylor Rook also play basketball?

⇒ Yes, Taylor used to play club basketball matches at Gill St. Bernard’s School in Gladstone, N.J. She led her team to a 23-5 win with an Average of 27.4 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 3.2 steals per game as a junior player. Her team also received a Somerset County title.

What is Taylor Rook famous for?

⇒ Taylor is famous as a 2022 Emmy Award nominee journalist. She has been nominated for an outstanding media personality. She is also popular for being the Executive Producer of the “Take It There With Taylor Rooks” YouTube channel titled, “@BleacherReport” which has over 3.33M subscribers.

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