State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Arkansas vs District of Columbia
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in District of Columbia earn a median of $105,390. In Arkansas, $37,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.1% — not 64.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-64.5%
Arkansas vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-55.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $37,450
- p25
- $30,910
- p75
- $45,640
- p10
- $29,430
- p90
- $65,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.