State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Mississippi vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Mississippi, $45,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.3% — not 55.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-55.1%
Mississippi vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-44.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $45,240
- p25
- $36,520
- p75
- $49,810
- p10
- $29,930
- p90
- $63,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.