State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: Montana vs New York
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Montana, $47,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.7% — not 52.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-52.4%
Montana vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-45.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Montana
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $47,960
- p25
- $35,470
- p75
- $57,610
- p10
- $34,120
- p90
- $73,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.