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What journalists make
Typical
$77,000
First newsroom job
$42,000
Senior or national
$130,000
Job Bank's national median is $36.92 an hour, about $77,000 a year full time. That median is pulled up by long-serving staff at big outlets. Ontario is highest at $38.46 an hour, Prince Edward Island lowest at $24.90.