State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Arkansas vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Arkansas, $37,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.9% — not 62.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-62.8%
Arkansas vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-53.9%
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
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.