State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Delaware vs District of Columbia
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in District of Columbia earn a median of $105,390. In Delaware, $55,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41.9% — not 47.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-47.2%
Delaware vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
-41.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $55,600
- p25
- $47,010
- p75
- $87,500
- p10
- $36,560
- p90
- $145,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.