State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Colorado vs District of Columbia
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in District of Columbia earn a median of $105,390. In Colorado, $60,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.5% — not 42.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.3%
Colorado vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-38.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $60,770
- p25
- $45,170
- p75
- $78,160
- p10
- $36,850
- p90
- $99,700
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.