State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Alaska vs District of Columbia
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in District of Columbia earn a median of $105,390. In Alaska, $43,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.4% — not 58.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-58.4%
Alaska vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-55.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $43,820
- p25
- $38,530
- p75
- $65,960
- p10
- $38,310
- p90
- $78,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.