News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists Salary in the US
A news analysts, reporters, and journalists earns a national median of $62,200 a year (mean $102,460) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #400 of 825.
How much does a news analysts, reporters, and journalists earn in the US?
A news analysts, reporters, and journalists in the United States earns a median of $62,200 a year (mean $102,460), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 22% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 39,250 people work in this occupation (SOC 27-3023), ranked #400 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$62,200
per year
Mean
$102,460
per year
Employment
39,250
US workers
National rank
#400
of 825 by median
What a news analysts, reporters, and journalists earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a news analysts, reporters, and journalists (SOC 27-3023) earns a median annual wage of $62,200 and a mean (average) of $102,460. The median is the midpoint — half of news analysts, reporters, and journalists earn more and half earn less — and is 22% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a news analysts, reporters, and journalists in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for news analysts, reporters, and journalists is $62,200, and the mean (average) is $102,460. The median is the midpoint — half of news analysts, reporters, and journalists earn more and half earn less.
- How does news analysts, reporters, and journalists pay compare to the US average?
- At $62,200, a news analysts, reporters, and journalists earns 22% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many news analysts, reporters, and journalists are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 39,250 news analysts, reporters, and journalists employed nationally (SOC 27-3023), across all industries.
- Where does this news analysts, reporters, and journalists salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 27-3023. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 27-3023 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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