Megan Telles is the Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist who has reported and anchored at KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles since 2018 — the endpoint of a decade-long climb through Las Vegas and Sacramento local news. Outlets estimate her net worth anywhere between $300,000 and $5 million, a spread that says more about the guesswork in journalist pay reporting than about her actual finances.
This article lays out what each outlet actually reports: the figures behind her wealth, her biography and age, her career station by station, where her income comes from, and her family life.
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Quick Facts
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Full name | Megan Telles (reported also as Megan Telles Burgueno) |
| Born | January 24, 1989 — West Covina, California, USA |
| Age (2026) | 37 |
| Height | 5 ft 4–6 in (outlets differ) |
| Profession | Broadcast journalist; KTLA 5 general assignment reporter / anchor |
| Education | USC Annenberg (3 outlets) vs University of South Carolina (3 outlets) — unresolved |
| Spouse | Cesar (reported surname Burgueno); married 2015 |
| Estimated net worth | $300K–$5M across outlets; none verified |
Megan Telles Net Worth
No verified net worth figure for Megan Telles has been published — and journalist pay reporting is the honest reason why. No outlet cites a payroll document, contract, or filing. Every number below is an estimate, and the pages disagree sharply:
| Source | Reported estimate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| DeHiddenFigures | $1M–$5M | Widest, most recent range |
| BiographLee | $1M–$2M | Mid-range |
| InformationCradle | $375K–$3.8M | Wide range, no methodology |
| InformationFlare | $5.1M | Older page (stale) |
| BiographyTribune / SuperstarsCulture / Wikibious | $300K | Lowest; matches her reported ~$52K salary |
The most defensible reading is a low-to-mid seven-figure band, consistent with a decade-plus career in the nation’s second-largest media market. The $300K pages tie their number to a $52,000 salary estimate; the million-plus pages assume senior-anchor compensation. This article does not pick between them — the data does not support a single number. More local-news anchors’ profiles are collected at Net Worth Worlds.
Her income structure follows the same pattern as other staff journalists profiled on this site — for example, Lydia Moynihan (NY Post) and CB Cotton (Fox News), whose net-worth articles run into exactly the same undisclosed-salary problem.
Bio, Age & Early Life
Megan Telles was born on January 24, 1989, in West Covina, California — which makes her 37 in 2026. (One page, InformationCradle, prints January 29 instead; the other five reviewed pages all use January 24, so the majority date is used here with the conflict noted.)
Her childhood is one of the better-documented parts of her story. Multiple outlets describe her as an “army brat” who moved around frequently before her family settled in Rancho Cucamonga, where she attended Los Osos High School (BiographyTribune, SuperstarsCulture). Her husband, Cesar, is reported to be a high-school relationship — they reportedly met as teenagers and married in 2015 (BiographLee).
Her education carries a genuine conflict worth stating plainly. Three outlets (DeHiddenFigures, InformationFlare, BiographLee) say she graduated from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism; three others (BiographyTribune, SuperstarsCulture, Wikibious) say she majored in communications and journalism at the University of South Carolina and graduated with a BA. “USC” is an easy abbreviation error in either direction, and no primary source settles it — so the article reports both rather than inventing certainty.
Megan Telles Career
Her career is a textbook local-news ladder: internships, then small-market anchoring, then a mid-market hosting role, then Los Angeles. Each rung is documented by multiple outlets.
Internships and Early Work
She began at Disney and ABC Entertainment as a TV news intern and reporter, and at CBS 2 News in the same capacity (InformationFlare). Those internships are the least glamorous part of the record — and the most common way young broadcasters enter the industry.
KTNV Las Vegas
Her first full-time market was Las Vegas, where she worked at the ABC affiliate KTNV, hosting the talk show Valley View Live! and covering the Billboard Music Awards red carpet (InformationFlare).
KXTV Sacramento
From there she moved to KXTV in Sacramento, where she served as host of the morning show Morning Blend for two years (InformationFlare). BiographyTribune also credits a stint at Celebrity Page TV, the syndicated entertainment program, where she interviewed celebrities — experience that translated directly to her later general-assignment work.
KTLA 5 Los Angeles
In September 2018 she joined KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles (InformationFlare) — a top-2 media market, and a significant step up. DeHiddenFigures describes her current role as Weekend Morning Anchor; BiographLee describes her as a general assignment reporter anchoring weekday-morning and weekend editions. Either way, she is one of the station’s familiar weekend faces. Weather is the other half of local news — Seattle’s Rich Marriott built a decades-long career in the same one-station mold at KING 5.
Career Highlights
| Year | Milestone |
|---|---|
| Intern years | Disney/ABC Entertainment and CBS 2 News internships |
| Mid-2010s | KTNV Las Vegas — hosts Valley View Live!; covers Billboard Music Awards red carpet |
| 2 years | KXTV Sacramento — hosts Morning Blend |
| — | Celebrity Page TV — celebrity interviews (BiographyTribune) |
| September 2018 | Joins KTLA 5 News, Los Angeles |
| 2018–present | KTLA general assignment reporter / weekend morning anchor |
Megan Telles Income Sources
Her income comes from journalism employment — full stop. No outlet documents any side business, endorsement, or second stream.
| Income source | Details |
|---|---|
| KTLA 5 salary (current) | Estimated $45K–$188K/year across outlets — all estimates, none disclosed |
| Earlier market contracts | KTNV Las Vegas, KXTV Sacramento — figures not publicly reported |
| Hosting work | Valley View Live!, Morning Blend — part of the same employment income |
The salary spread deserves the honesty note most bio pages skip. Private media companies disclose nothing about individual pay, and Los Angeles anchor salaries vary enormously by shift, seniority, and contract terms. DeHiddenFigures’ $45K–$110.5K and BiographLee’s $70K–$120K are both plausible ranges for an experienced weekend anchor; BiographyTribune’s $52K matches a reporter-level figure;
InformationCradle’s $45K–$188K simply shows how wide the guessing gets. None of it is verified — which is exactly why her net-worth estimates range from $300K to $5M. National desks run on the same undisclosed contracts — Erielle Reshef‘s network salary is estimated by outlets the same way: reported, never disclosed.
That is the same reporting problem documented across the journalist cluster on this site: CB Cotton’s $300K–$700K and Sam Brock’s salary estimates (see the draft profiles) run into the same undisclosed-pay wall.
Family & Personal Life
She is married to Cesar — DeHiddenFigures gives the full name Cesar Burgueno — and they reportedly married on October 10, 2015, at Rancho Las Lomas (BiographLee). The couple met in high school, per the same outlet.
Children are where the pages diverge by date. Older pages (BiographyTribune, SuperstarsCulture) say the couple did not yet have children. The most recently updated page, DeHiddenFigures, names two children: Lola Rae (daughter) and Troy Anthony (son). The honest reading is that the newer page reflects a newer family — but no birth records or interviews corroborate the names, so they are presented as reported, not verified.
Outside work she keeps a low profile. No interviews reviewed for this article discuss hobbies, property, or personal finances in any detail.
Conclusion
Megan Telles’s story is a decade-long climb done in public: internships, Las Vegas, Sacramento, and then KTLA — the nation’s second-largest market — where she has anchored and reported since 2018. Her net worth is estimated anywhere from $300,000 to $5 million by outlets, with the defensible reading in the low-to-mid seven figures and no verified figure anywhere. The unresolved details in her profile — even which university she attended — are a fair picture of how staff-journalist biographies actually work.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Megan Telles’s net worth?
Outlets estimate it between $300,000 and $5 million. The low end ties to a reported ~$52K salary; the high end assumes senior-anchor compensation. No figure is verified.
How old is she?
She was born January 24, 1989, making her 37 in 2026. One outlet prints January 29 instead.
Where did she go to college?
Unresolved. Three outlets say USC’s Annenberg School; three say the University of South Carolina. Both are reported here because no primary source settles it.
What does she do at KTLA?
She is a general assignment reporter and weekend morning anchor at KTLA 5 News in Los Angeles, where she has worked since September 2018.
Is she married?
Yes — to Cesar (reportedly Cesar Burgueno), since October 2015. Recent pages name two children, Lola Rae and Troy Anthony; older pages said none yet.
