Arts, Design & Media

News Reporters & Journalists

SOC 27-3023

Find, verify, and report the news under constant deadline pressure.

The job

Median pay

$62k

$45k to $98k typical range

Outlook, 2025 to 2035

Declining

-5.9% projected

Openings a year

BLS projection

Typical education

Bachelor's

Our model

AI displacement risk

High

How much of this job AI may do instead of the person

Works with AI

5/100

AI alongside the person rather than instead of them

AI exposure

74th pct

More exposed than 74% of occupations · modeled estimate · 99th pct in Microsoft's data

Future-proof

33/100

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Key skills

Speaking
Reading Comprehension
Writing
Active Listening
Critical Thinking
Active Learning

Pay and jobs by state

BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
New York	5,750	0.6	2.4×	$101k
California	4,140	0.2	0.9×	$79k~
Texas	2,670	0.2	0.8×	$48k
Florida	2,490	0.3	1.0×	$59k
Washington DC	1,720	2.5	9.7×	$105k
Georgia	1,520	0.3	1.2×	$82k
Ohio	1,340	0.2	1.0×	$48k
Pennsylvania	1,160	0.2	0.8×	$57k~
Virginia	1,110	0.3	1.1×	$62k
Illinois	1,060	0.2	0.7×	$61k

All 51 states

State	Jobs	Per 1,000	vs national	Median pay
Michigan	960	0.2	0.9×	$63k
North Carolina	930	0.2	0.8×	$59k
Washington	880	0.2	1.0×	$55k
Massachusetts	810	0.2	0.9×	$76k~
Wisconsin	740	0.3	1.0×	$58k
Tennessee	600	0.2	0.7×	$62k
Colorado	590	0.2	0.8×	$61k
Iowa	590	0.4	1.5×	$44k
Maryland	580	0.2	0.8×	$64k
Alabama	530	0.3	1.0×	$43k
Indiana	530	0.2	0.7×	$48k
Minnesota	510	0.2	0.7×	$46k
New Jersey	500	0.1	0.5×	$60k
Missouri	480	0.2	0.7×	$47k
South Carolina	480	0.2	0.8×	$48k
Connecticut	470	0.3	1.1×	$62k
Arizona	450	0.1	0.6×	$43k
Louisiana	410	0.2	0.8×	$51k
Oregon	410	0.2	0.8×	$49k
Kansas	400	0.3	1.1×	$46k
Oklahoma	400	0.2	0.9×	$48k
Kentucky	370	0.2	0.7×	$48k
Nevada	370	0.2	0.9×	$79k
Nebraska	350	0.3	1.4×	$40k
Mississippi	310	0.3	1.1×	$45k
Montana	290	0.6	2.3×	$48k
Arkansas	260	0.2	0.8×	$37k
Maine	250	0.4	1.6×	$50k
Utah	240	0.1	0.6×	$62k
Idaho	220	0.3	1.0×	$51k
South Dakota	190	0.4	1.6×	$44k
West Virginia	190	0.3	1.1×	$35k
New Mexico	170	0.2	0.8×	$55k
North Dakota	160	0.4	1.5×	$43k
Rhode Island	150	0.3	1.2×	$75k
Hawaii	120	0.2	0.8×	$57k
Alaska	90	0.3	1.1×	$44k
New Hampshire	90	0.1	0.5×	$48k
Vermont	90	0.3	1.2×	$47k
Wyoming	80	0.3	1.1×	$36k
Delaware	70	0.1	0.6×	$56k

Top metro areas

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ5,360 jobs · $102k median
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,390 jobs · $101k median
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,690 jobs
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA1,090 jobs · $85k median
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,050 jobs
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL840 jobs · $66k median
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN660 jobs · $70k median
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX570 jobs · $56k median

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Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.