State comparison · 2025
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists salary: New York vs Tennessee
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in New York earn a median of $100,770. In Tennessee, $62,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.6% — not 61.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.5%
New York vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+37.6%
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%
Tennessee
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists
- Median
- $62,390
- p25
- $33,020
- p75
- $79,110
- p10
- $27,620
- p90
- $130,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.