State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Arizona vs District of Columbia
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in District of Columbia earn a median of $105,390. In Arizona, $43,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.4% — not 59.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-59.1%
Arizona vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-55.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $43,100
- p25
- $36,690
- p75
- $64,150
- p10
- $31,630
- p90
- $86,820
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.