State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Louisiana vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Louisiana, $50,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.4% — not 49.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-49.6%
Louisiana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-38.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Louisiana
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $50,750
- p25
- $43,740
- p75
- $76,490
- p10
- $38,810
- p90
- $101,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.