State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Idaho vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Idaho, $51,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 42.6% — not 49.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.2%
Idaho vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-42.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $51,190
- p25
- $40,810
- p75
- $71,320
- p10
- $32,520
- p90
- $85,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.