State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: New York vs Rhode Island
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Rhode Island, $74,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.1% — not 35.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.1%
New York vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+28.1%
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%
Rhode Island
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $74,570
- p25
- $48,440
- p75
- $76,150
- p10
- $43,110
- p90
- $97,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.