Chad Pergram Bio, Age, Wife, Fox News, Net Worth, Salary, Twitter

Chad Pergram Biography

Chad Pergram is an American journalist working for FOX News Channel (FNC), serving as a congressional correspondent. He began working for the network in September 2007 and is currently stationed in Washington, D.C.

Chad Pergram Age

Pergram is 56 years old as of 2025. He was born on March 5, 1969, in the USA. He celebrates his birthday on the 5th of March every year.

Chad Pergram Height

Pergram stands at a height of 5 feet and 11 inches (1.8 meters)

Chad Pergram Family

Pergram has managed to keep his personal life away from the limelight hence he has not disclosed any information about his parents. It is also not known if Chad has any siblings.

Chad Pergram Wife

Pergram is happily married to the love of his life Carrie Giddins Pergram a Political Consultant and a Professor of Political Communications. The two got married in November 2011 in an intimate, private wedding ceremony.

Chad Pergram Net Worth

Pergram has an estimated net worth of between $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his career as a journalist.

Chad Pergram Salary

Pergram earns an annual salary ranging between $ 45,000 – $ 110,500.

Chad Pergram Education

Pergram, a native of Jacksonburg, OH, graduated from Miami University with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s degree in communication (Ohio). He lived across the street from future Speaker of the House and Republican vice presidential contender Paul Ryan during his time there.

Chad Pergram Career

Pergram is working for FOX News Channel (FNC), serving as a congressional correspondent. He worked as a reporter for Capitol News Connection before joining FNC in September 2007. He also worked as a Senate producer for C-SPAN and produced and anchored newscasts for NPR in Washington.

Before joining the Cincinnati Public Radio-operated WMUB-FM in Oxford, he worked as a reporter at WKRC-AM in Cincinnati. He also reported for WKRC-TV, the ABC affiliate. He covered the first congressional campaign of then-unknown John Boehner, who would later become Speaker of the House, while at WKRC-AM. The Ohio Associated Press honored him Best Radio Reporter in 1992.

Chad Pergram FOX News Channel (FNC)

Pergram is working for FOX News Channel (FNC), serving as a congressional correspondent. During Inauguration Day 2025, he served as a contributor to the in-depth coverage live from Washington, D.C., where he provided commentary on President-elect Donald Trump and Vice President-elect J.D. Vance being sworn into office. He also broadcast the dramatic elections for House Speaker.

Pergram delivered reports from the Capitol during the removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker and the many votes that eventually led to Mike Johnson becoming the new Speaker of the House. Earlier in 2023, he delivered unparalleled historical context, decoding maneuvers and strategy from the House floor as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) finally won in a post-witching hour vote.

Previously, Pergram served as a contributor to FNC’s 2022 Midterm Election broadcast. He also covered the hearings of the Select Committee’s Investigation of the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol. Additionally, he delivered live reports from inside the Capitol building as rioters besieged it on January 6th, 2021. In this capacity, he was stationed in the basement, delivering vital minute-by-minute updates on the situation for fifteen solid hours on the air until the building was secured.

Pergram played a crucial role in FNC’s broadcast of the inaugural and second impeachments of President Trump, analyzing the procedural elements. He also worked as a senior Capitol Hill producer, broadcasting various historical moments from Capitol Hill, such as the 2016 presidential election cycle, tax reform in 2017, the midterm elections in 2010 and 2018, as well as the confirmation hearings of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Justice Neil Gorsuch.

Pergram also covered the 2018-2019 government shutdown, the debt-ceiling fights in 2011 and 2023, as well as the passage of both the Affordable Care Act and Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform in 2010. His reporting work has made him an expert in House and Senate procedure, particularly the mechanisms of intelligence, appropriations, and foreign policy.

Pergram served as the initial broadcast/cable journalist to verify the demise of Osama bin Laden in 2011. He led the breaking news coverage when a gunman opened fire at a baseball practice for Republican members of Congress just blocks from his residence in Alexandria. As a result, the then-House Majority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) and several others were injured.

In 2022, Pergram worked as FOX Sports 1’s on-field reporter during the Congressional Baseball Game. He also delivered color commentary for the game in 2023 and 2024. In 2025, he was one of the first to report live from the Potomac River at the scene of the American Airlines crash near Reagan National Airport.

Pergram works at Fox News alongside other Fox News anchors who include;

Chad Pergram Awards

For his coverage of outgoing House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, Pergram won a regional Edward R. Murrow Award for excellence in reporting in 2007. (R-TX). Also, he won the Joan S. Barone Honor for Excellence in National Affairs/Public Policy Broadcast from the Radio/Television Correspondents Association the year before for his Washington-based broadcasts. This made him the youngest recipient of the award.

In 2020, Pergram got the award for the second time, making him one of the few journalists to accomplish so. The Washingtonian nominated him as one of the top 50 journalists of the year 2009.