Adler was born in London, England to Jewish parents in 1972 AD. After completeting the graduation in June 1995, she moved to Vienna to work for Mondial Congress, an organizer of International Congress. Adler also began working as a correspondent for the Austrian national public broadcaster in late 1995.
Talking about her personal life, Katya Adler looks as if she is too much secretive about her private details so that she hasn't reveaed any of the information like affair, boyfriend, dating life, married life and spouse.
Adler joined the BBC in Vienna in 1998, reporting on Austrian and Central European affairs. After becoming the BBC's Berlin correspondent for a short period, from 2000 she was given an opportunity to present BBC World service on European current affairs, and commuting weekly to Berlin to work as a news anchor for Deutsche Welle Television. The net worth of Katya Adler is estimated to be around U.S $ 239,930 because of her massive salary.