News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$60,280

National average

Salary Range

$34,590 – $162,430

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$138,910$38,870N/A
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$104,270$55,330N/A
New York$103,810$46,950N/A
District of Columbia$103,350$61,670$211,610
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$102,240$51,920$207,160
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$99,730$52,700$208,380
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$89,620$41,030$215,380
California$84,830$43,000$193,780
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$80,050$35,500$169,890
Georgia$76,440$33,870$168,950
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$74,820$39,280$141,080
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$74,290$45,680$149,500
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$67,580$42,840$130,710
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$66,310$42,930$164,530
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$65,620$43,080$162,290
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$64,220$46,390$168,730
Ann Arbor, MI$63,780$37,900$94,540
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$63,640$37,840$166,160
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$63,450$36,780$125,130
Virginia$63,360$35,730$127,220
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$63,360$37,170$129,950
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$62,940$38,810$162,430
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$62,870$36,070$127,000
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$62,780$40,650$99,910
Raleigh-Cary, NC$62,690$39,800$103,460
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$62,610$37,440$127,880
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$62,590$36,820$118,370
Reno, NV$62,560$38,680$102,180
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$62,370$38,380$106,370
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$61,770$36,220$141,240
Manchester-Nashua, NH$61,740$36,040$128,140
Delaware$61,580$32,890$130,670
Connecticut$61,540$38,390$217,000
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$61,160$35,480$120,140
Nevada$61,160$38,680$152,920
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$61,140$39,460$139,360
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$61,050$35,820$156,790
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$60,850$34,220$163,950
Tulsa, OK$60,800$39,630$95,280
Rochester, NY$60,770$36,090$123,050
Maryland$60,710$36,600$102,000
Tucson, AZ$60,610$36,090$124,880
Winston-Salem, NC$60,590$37,800$118,990
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$60,540$40,960$161,770
New Jersey$60,470$34,320$115,450
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$60,350$37,000$100,480
Texas$60,320$36,030$106,360
Knoxville, TN$60,290$28,220$153,230
Urban Honolulu, HI$60,270$29,120$99,430
Hawaii$60,270$29,120$99,430
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$59,950$38,410$131,870
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$59,910$38,220$123,780
Rhode Island$59,770$37,910$101,310
Colorado$59,650$34,940$101,220
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$59,430$36,940$127,190
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$59,160$37,120$130,730
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$59,030$36,710$125,500
Tennessee$59,030$28,340$135,030
Massachusetts$58,890$39,420$129,340
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$58,690$37,490$101,310
Salinas, CA$58,610$39,710$121,220
Springfield, MA$57,720$35,880$167,000
Florida$57,720$36,560$112,400
Richmond, VA$57,610$33,370$116,730
Madison, WI$57,430$35,590$93,760
Washington$57,040$37,000$124,640
Syracuse, NY$56,640$39,690$121,470
Illinois$56,600$33,560$149,370
Louisiana$56,040$30,950$121,330
Corpus Christi, TX$55,920$35,680$98,010
Charlottesville, VA$55,460$32,390$77,310
Albuquerque, NM$54,800$38,380$104,620
Asheville, NC$53,810$38,180$82,130
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$53,680$36,580$126,770
Utah$53,630$38,080$115,510
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$53,260$32,430$110,590
Roanoke, VA$53,140$39,640$103,790
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$52,700$37,090$60,580
Wisconsin$52,670$35,070$98,550
North Carolina$52,430$34,240$101,660
Oregon$52,350$34,480$97,830
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$51,320$35,030$78,380
New Mexico$51,240$35,130$101,630
Boise City, ID$51,220$37,160$80,350
Oklahoma City, OK$50,810$30,280$140,150
College Station-Bryan, TX$50,530$37,090$159,460
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$50,520$39,550$82,960
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$50,360$35,650$108,780
Gainesville, FL$50,020$35,070$80,700
Kansas City, MO-KS$49,990$27,090$90,990
Michigan$49,690$33,740$138,580
Missoula, MT$49,500$28,680$81,320
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$49,380$29,930$67,320
Anchorage, AK$49,370$36,780$100,780
Erie, PA$49,240$28,100$80,010
Lubbock, TX$49,150$35,610$77,660
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$49,140$36,610$104,110
Arizona$49,140$35,790$98,200
Waco, TX$49,110$36,240$87,770
Columbus, OH$48,680$31,160$101,330
Jackson, MS$48,670$34,720$95,710
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$48,640$36,170$109,460
Colorado Springs, CO$48,610$34,660$97,700
Portland-South Portland, ME$48,300$37,430$98,300
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$48,260$37,290$70,800
Peoria, IL$48,230$29,900$58,280
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$48,180$36,920$85,380
Savannah, GA$48,040$31,440$164,030
Lancaster, PA$47,800$29,100$60,610
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$47,730$37,200$59,930
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$47,700$31,220$82,620
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$47,610$34,930$59,650
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$47,440$30,140$76,590
Alaska$47,310$36,780$74,340
Baton Rouge, LA$47,260$36,440$110,000
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$47,030$36,070$159,130
Eugene-Springfield, OR$46,980$34,480$88,930
Youngstown-Warren, OH$46,920$29,310$91,360
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$46,910$35,440$75,990
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$46,840$31,330$89,250
Maine$46,670$37,430$78,320
Omaha, NE-IA$46,420$34,860$111,620
Cedar Rapids, IA$46,290$34,440$69,410
Columbia, SC$46,210$31,990$102,480
Oklahoma$46,160$27,730$95,280
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$45,800$33,860$69,040
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$45,660$37,440$92,980
Indiana$45,470$30,700$93,480
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$45,370$37,950$60,470
Bangor, ME$45,340$35,740$71,320
Birmingham, AL$45,320$30,750$103,340
Greensboro-High Point, NC$45,270$37,640$77,710
Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area$45,220$29,920$56,910
Minnesota$45,190$32,520$72,750
Killeen-Temple, TX$44,990$36,060$68,280
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$44,970$31,610$78,160
Idaho$44,890$31,000$73,860
Vermont$44,890$37,950$82,960
Topeka, KS$44,870$27,910$84,710
Alabama$44,730$28,300$97,270
South Carolina$44,690$31,990$78,620
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$44,680$30,180$63,780
St. Louis, MO-IL$44,520$35,070$82,370
Missouri$44,270$28,410$81,260
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$44,260$33,470$74,900
Mississippi$44,160$29,740$89,340
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$44,050$33,620$62,190
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$44,010$36,960$61,150
Spartanburg, SC$43,970$32,950$84,350
Lexington-Fayette, KY$43,940$29,470$79,400
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$43,850$22,560$94,580
New Hampshire$43,700$33,480$89,870
North Dakota$43,650$34,680$77,790
Chattanooga, TN-GA$43,530$28,840$124,070
Fargo, ND-MN$43,170$33,920$79,990
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$42,430$32,440$75,540
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$42,030$31,200$77,130
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$41,150$30,090$83,200
Lincoln, NE$39,470$30,220$63,190
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$39,470$30,320$55,860
Puerto Rico$39,220$21,560$81,590
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$39,120$30,100$80,990
Nebraska$38,960$30,760$64,390
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$38,860$36,750$91,490
Toledo, OH$38,600$29,170$82,440
Springfield, MO$38,540$27,980$76,280
Wyoming$38,500$30,770$72,490
Iowa$38,290$29,690$61,310
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$37,900$28,820$46,670
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$37,630$36,000$83,430
Wilmington, NC$37,610$34,570$63,720
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,520$23,120$57,450
Charleston, WV$37,500$36,680$62,650
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$37,400$28,390$43,640
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$37,230$28,950$57,080
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$37,070$25,690$69,040
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,970$19,030$40,170
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,820$29,740$57,760
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$36,660$30,060$45,000
South Dakota$36,610$29,120$59,200
Montana$36,510$28,900$59,610
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$36,510$30,680$47,240
Ohio$36,470$28,990$80,100
West Virginia$36,440$24,230$44,460
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,400$29,720$38,300
Cleveland, OH$36,360$29,900$79,810
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$36,230$29,050$61,560
Rapid City, SD$36,220$29,340$48,130
Bend, OR$36,210$30,820$61,140
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$36,180$30,000$56,710
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,160$30,070$60,170
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$36,150$29,040$48,070
Fort Wayne, IN$36,110$30,610$92,930
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$36,080$27,720$55,410
Kentucky$36,040$27,880$62,590
Akron, OH$35,670$28,860$53,270
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$35,640$30,890$45,630
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$35,610$31,150$47,830
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$35,550$28,680$43,250
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$35,480$29,740$89,340
Canton-Massillon, OH$35,070$29,360$76,040
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$34,820$30,680$48,570
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$34,760$27,340$56,820
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$34,500$25,950$59,580
Wichita, KS$34,330$23,950$64,100
Kansas$34,330$22,870$90,990
Arkansas$34,230$28,910$47,440
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$33,860$33,860$46,190
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$32,900$18,200$38,610
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$31,210$22,980$50,930
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$30,880$27,730$35,500
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$30,800$24,240$40,850
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$29,830$22,770$42,100
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$29,760$23,190$61,340
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$29,610$21,660$50,930
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$29,490$27,750$47,700
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$29,060$22,830$46,000
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$28,660$24,120$46,160

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The median annual salary for a News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists is $60,280, with a typical range of $34,590 – $162,430 depending on experience, location, and employer.

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Entry-level News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists positions typically start around $34,590 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalistss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.