State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Alabama vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Alabama, $43,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 47.6% — not 56.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-56.9%
Alabama vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-47.6%
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
New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $100,770
- p25
- $77,860
- p75
- $162,020
- p10
- $49,500
- p90
- $327,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -46%
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.