State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Alaska vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Alaska, $43,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 54.2% — not 56.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-56.5%
Alaska vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-54.2%
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
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.