News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists · SOC 27-3023
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists Salary in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $36,640 per year ($17.62 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $23,790 at the 10th percentile to $57,740 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in the Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earn more than $36,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $32,090 and $47,940.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $23,790 | $32,090 | $36,640 | $47,940 | $57,740 |
| Hourly | $11.44 | $15.43 | $17.62 | $23.05 | $27.76 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$36,640 median for Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $32,090 to $47,940
- United Statesnational$62,200 median for United States; middle half earns $45,370 to $98,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
No published median for: Pennsylvania.
The median here is −41% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Pennsylvania
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for news analysts, reporters, and journalists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan areathis page$36,640 median for Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $32,090 to $47,940
- $63,690 median for Philadelphia metro area; middle half earns $53,790 to $85,760
- $49,220 median for Lancaster metro area; middle half earns $37,910 to $59,650
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.