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What journalists make
Typical
$62,200
Small local outlet
$36,240
National desk or network
$144,140
The national median is $62,200 a year, and the bottom tenth are near $36,240. The wage survey counts News Analysts, Reporters and Journalists together, which mixes a local newspaper reporter with a network correspondent. That is why the top is four times the bottom.