State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Kentucky vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Kentucky, $47,530. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.6% — not 52.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.8%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-43.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $47,530
- p25
- $34,940
- p75
- $71,760
- p10
- $29,320
- p90
- $103,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.