State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Alabama vs District of Columbia
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in District of Columbia earn a median of $105,390. In Alabama, $43,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 49% — not 58.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-58.8%
Alabama vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-49%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $43,440
- p25
- $36,810
- p75
- $48,950
- p10
- $31,540
- p90
- $88,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
District of Columbia
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $105,390
- p25
- $81,550
- p75
- $160,330
- p10
- $64,600
- p90
- $222,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -62%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.