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What journalists make
Median
$62,200
Bottom tenth
$36,240
Top tenth
$144,140
The national median is $62,200 a year, the bottom tenth earn $36,240 or less and the top tenth $144,140 or more, in the 2025 survey. 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 tenth earn about four times what the bottom tenth earn.