Journalism

Oof. That was my reaction while crunching the numbers about how much photojournalists make (based on responses to Journo Salary Sharer). It’s not pretty. But let’s dig in.

Depending on whether a designer works mostly in picas or pixels, the salaries can vary from nearly as high as we saw for some top editors down to almost as low as reporters.

It looks like copy editors earn about the same salaries as reporters, based on the responses so far to Journo Salary Sharer. The graphic that most clearly highlighted the similarities to me was when I compared the ranges of salaries based…

Behind the scenes, there’s a whole army of people in newsrooms working to get the news into the hands of readers. This is the first look at Journo Salary Sharer responses from people on the production side, starting with web production.

Now that we’ve touched on what reporters make, let’s look at their bosses: editors. Editors made a bit more than reporters (and sometimes more than a bit more) in every category I looked at.

A thousand reporters (most in their 20s and 30s) shared their salaries using Journo Salary Sharer, and the majority of them make between $25,000 and $55,000 a year.

More than 2,500 journalists have shared their salaries using Journo Salary Sharer so far. The best part is hearing stories of how this has started discussions in your newsrooms or with your friends about salaries.

Let’s talk about journalism salaries

Here’s an excuse to ask your coworkers how much they make. Introducing Journo Salary Sharer.