News analysts, reporters & correspondents

Detailed Occupation

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    2017 Workforce
    71.4k
    Average Age
    39.8
    Average Salary
    $60,493
    Average Male Salary
    $63,732
    Average Female Salary
    $56,634

    About

    News analysts, reporters & correspondents are most often employed by the Newspaper publishers industry. The average yearly wage for News analysts, reporters & correspondents was $60,493 in 2017.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the News analysts, reporters & correspondents workforce. News analysts, reporters & correspondents workforce in 2017 was 71,444 people, of which 45.6% were women and 54.4% were men.

    News analysts, reporters & correspondents are paid most in Somerset County (North & West) PUMA, NJ but are relatively concentrated in District of Columbia (South Central) PUMA, DC.

    Employment Over Time

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    38,843
    Male Workforce
    ± 4.84k
    32,601
    Female Workforce
    ± 4.43k

    The News analysts, reporters & correspondents workforce in 2017 was 71,444 people (45.6% women and 54.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of 0.444% between 2014 (71,128) and 2017 (71,444).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for News analysts, reporters & correspondents.

    During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($94,079), New Jersey ($93,857), and Connecticut ($82,065).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $60,493
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #134 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2017, News analysts, reporters & correspondents earned an average of $60,493, $9,384 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.46
    WAGE GINI

    In 2017, News analysts, reporters & correspondents had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.46, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for News analysts, reporters & correspondents (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ News analysts, reporters & correspondents and on wages for those in the field. Newspaper publishers is the industry that employs the most News analysts, reporters & correspondents, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for News analysts, reporters & correspondents, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($129,182).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    71.4k
    2017 Workforce
    ± 6,561
    −0.401%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 13%

    This graphic shows the share of News analysts, reporters & correspondents employed by various industries. Newspaper publishers employs the largest share of News analysts, reporters & correspondents at 44.8%, followed by Broadcasting (except internet) with 40.6% and Periodical, book, & directory publishers with 7.44%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on News analysts, reporters & correspondents in the US. The workforce of News analysts, reporters & correspondents in 2017 was 71,444 people, with 45.6% woman, and 54.4% men. The average age of male News analysts, reporters & correspondents in the workforce is 41.4 and of female News analysts, reporters & correspondents is 37.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for News analysts, reporters & correspondents is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of News analysts, reporters & correspondents in 2017 was 71,444 people, with 45.6% woman, and 54.4% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (13,263 people), 20 to 24 years (9,624  people), and 30 to 34 years (9,174 people). Among them they concentrated 45.2% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2017, 9.5% of News analysts, reporters & correspondents workers were Hispanic and 90.5% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (47.3%), Puerto Rican (18.3)%, and Cuban (10.4)%

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    Races

    In 2017, 83.5% of the News analysts, reporters & correspondents workforce were White, of which 44.2% were women and 55.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (7.14%) and Asian (4.38%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for News analysts, reporters & correspondents from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for News analysts, reporters & correspondents is Communications but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Communications.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
    Type of Majors
    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by News analysts, reporters & correspondents in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Communications (30,237 people), English (6,325 people), and Social Sciences (4,725 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the News analysts, reporters & correspondents workers were Bachelors Degree (45,064 people), Graduate Degree (13,747 people), and Some college (7,379 people).

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