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News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists · SOC 27-3023

News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists Salary in the Washington Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area

Figures describe the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Washington city limits.

Median annual wage$101,020
Median hourly wage$48.57

News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in the Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro area earned a median of $101,020 per year ($48.57 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $56,340 at the 10th percentile to $214,280 at the 90th. BLS estimates 2,390 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in the Washington metro area earn more than $101,020 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $75,580 and $135,280.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$56,340$75,580$101,020$135,280$214,280
Hourly$27.09$36.34$48.57$65.04$103.02

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.

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How this area compares

  • Washington metro areathis metro area
    $101,020
  • District of Columbiastate (DC)
    $105,390
  • United Statesnational
    $62,200

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −4% vs District of Columbia overall and +62% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$34,570$56,937$79,303$101,670Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $34,570Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $36,670Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,750Wilmington, NC — $39,800McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $39,860Worcester, MA — $40,190Wichita, KS — $40,440Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $41,470Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $41,470Lincoln, NE — $41,550Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $41,870College Station-Bryan, TX — $43,040Tyler, TX — $43,160Lubbock, TX — $43,310Eugene-Springfield, OR — $43,470Bend, OR — $44,150Corpus Christi, TX — $44,260San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $44,870Rapid City, SD — $45,230Canton-Massillon, OH — $45,510Akron, OH — $45,640Montgomery, AL — $45,900Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $46,510Omaha, NE-IA — $47,020Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $47,160Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,200Birmingham, AL — $47,260Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,320Billings, MT — $47,350Waco, TX — $47,520Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,630San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $47,650Lafayette, LA — $47,940Jackson, MS — $47,990Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $48,020Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $48,330Kansas City, MO-KS — $48,490Toledo, OH — $48,650Cleveland, OH — $48,660El Paso, TX — $48,880Cedar Rapids, IA — $48,990Columbus, OH — $49,030Bangor, ME — $49,100Lancaster, PA — $49,220Columbia, SC — $49,450Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $49,680Baton Rouge, LA — $49,870St. Louis, MO-IL — $49,920Gainesville, FL — $49,970Anchorage, AK — $50,070Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $50,300Portland-South Portland, ME — $50,390Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $50,400Charlottesville, VA — $51,310Oklahoma City, OK — $51,630New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $53,100Peoria, IL — $53,540Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $53,780Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $54,230Missoula, MT — $55,010North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $55,360Roanoke, VA — $55,820Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $56,000Albuquerque, NM — $56,190Tallahassee, FL — $56,270Urban Honolulu, HI — $56,730Jacksonville, FL — $56,890Richmond, VA — $56,910Boise City, ID — $57,060Syracuse, NY — $57,060Green Bay, WI — $57,490Bozeman, MT — $57,600Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $57,820Evansville, IN — $58,110Rochester, NY — $58,180Savannah, GA — $58,690Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $59,340Tulsa, OK — $59,580Raleigh-Cary, NC — $59,950Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $60,100Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $60,150Colorado Springs, CO — $60,600Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,620Madison, WI — $60,780Knoxville, TN — $61,020Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $61,360Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $61,620Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $61,830Reno, NV — $62,060Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $62,560Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,750Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $62,770Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $63,050Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $63,430Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $63,690San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $63,810Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $63,940Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $64,320Manchester-Nashua, NH — $64,930Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $65,350Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $65,610Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $66,440Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $66,780Ann Arbor, MI — $67,850Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $69,740Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $70,350Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $74,290San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $76,450Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $77,180Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $79,760Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $80,000Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $81,640Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $85,040Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $101,020New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $101,670

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Washington metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 115 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Public Relations Specialists$101,680Editors$84,800Graphic Designers$85,420Coaches and Scouts$50,680Producers and Directors$100,270Technical Writers$99,910

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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.