State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: New York vs North Carolina
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In North Carolina, $58,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.1% — not 71.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.8%
New York vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+50.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $58,670
- p25
- $39,800
- p75
- $76,040
- p10
- $32,280
- p90
- $101,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.