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4	TITLE	COMPANY	SALARY	Gender Identity / Ethnicity	YEARS OF EXPERIENCE	LOCATION	JOB DUTIES	PREV SALARIES/TITLES/ETC

5	Senior Reporter	(Broadcast media)	$125,000 + $6250 annual bonus	Asian cis female	9	New York	On-air original reporting and analysis; Writing original stories and analysis; Moderating at conferences and events	Broadcast media: $104,760 / Trade publication: $63,000 / Broadcast media: $27/h / Magazine: $15/h
6	Bureau Chief	A B2B trade publication	$58,000	Cis white female	12	Los Angeles	Run entire west coast bureau
7	Editor/Submission Manager	A biotech company	$114,000	Female/white	6	San Francisco, CA	Editing, project management, comment adjudication
8	Digital Editor	A Canadian magazine with international distribution	$42,000 CAD	Cis white male	7	Remote	Oversee all publishing on website, social media. Work with print editors. Manage website updates and bug fixes. Content strategy. SEO.
9	Associate Photo Editor	A Canadian Media Company	$57,500	Male	16	Toronto
10	Editor-in-Chief	A Canadian sports magazine	$63,000 (CAD)	CIS white male	7	Toronto	Oversight of print and digital (including site, social, video, podcasts); management of a small staff of writers and producers.	I believe starting salary was $50,000 (CAD)
11	Editor in Chief	A Chinese Digital News Outlet	$100,000 after tax	Chinese Male	10	Beijing	Managing team, editing, and writing
12	Managing Editor	A community magazine	$55,000	F POC	5	Toronto	Overseeing a team of five editors and oversee all editorial and photo shoots required for our monthly magazine
13	Automotive industry reporter	A Detroit daily newspaper	55,000	White	5	Detroit	reporting	35,000, reporter.
14	Content strategist	A financial institution	109,000	F/white	13	North Carolina	Manage/produce editorial content	72k trade magazine editor, 65k viral video producer, 90k trade association media editor, 55k financial wire services reporter, 32k community newspaper assistant news editor
15	Editor/reporter	A financial news service	126,000	Cis M/White	20	New York, NY	Report, write, edit, train. Not supervising anyone directly.
16	Senior Editor	A Future PLC outlet	$35,000	Cis White male	7	Remote	Writing editorial, news, and commerce content, editing editorial content of other writers	Starting salary $30,000; previously paid per post at variable rate
17	Deputy Editor	A Future PLC web page	66,800	Female	13
18	Photojournalist	A Gatehouse daily	32,000	cis man/white	5	Florida Panhandle	Sports, news, photo stories, podcasting, video	Started at 30,000
19	IT support Technician	A Gym franchise (I'd rather not say)	$21/hr	Female / White	4	California	Networking, Remote control access, physical PC and Printer repairs, inventory, desktop support, phone support..	IT remote desktop support, Call center work
20	Web Producer	A legacy newspaper	$55,000	Cis white man	8	Texas	Data analysis, social media, audience engagement, etc.	Reporter: $40,000, $55,000; editor $40,000
21	Assistant Visuals Editor	A magazine publisher	58500	Female, white	3	Brooklyn	Photo researching, producing 1-2 shoots per month, writing credits, managing magazine's budget, negotiating rates, assisting Creative Director	Photo Editor: $52,000
22	Reporter	A McClatchy daily	37000	white female	20	Illinois	reporting, photography, videography, social media, investigative, breaking
23	Photojournalist	A McClatchy daily	$34,000	Cis white woman	2	North Carolina
24	Reporter	A nonprofit news outlet	$39,000	Cis white man	4	Northeastern U.S.	Reporting and writing news and features for three counties, taking and editing photos, attending government meetings and events across those three counties, etc.	Before this I worked three paid three-month internships at daily newspapers while an editor of my college paper, and then had a yearlong paid fellowship at a large metropolitan paper.
25	Editor (Copy editor)	A personal finance website	$60,000	cis white female	5	Remote / NYC area	Copy edit SEO content, assign and manage freelancers, updates to old content, SEO research and article outlining	n/a
26	Assistant Editor	A Popular Women's Magazine	37,500	White, Female		New York
27	editor	A Russian news/opinion mill	$50k	cis m, white	5	US	making articles concocted by not-native-English speakers coherent
28	Reporter	A technology magazine	$70,000	cis Asian-American woman	3	Boston	Reporting and writing for online, newsletter, and print; some data & interactive work
29	Senior staff reporter	A trade publication	$55,000	Male/White	20	Portland, Oregon	Reporting, writing, posting online content, page layout
30	Producer	A+E	75000	cis white female	5	NYC	write and produce videos, manage editors, pitch and develop concepts	$40/hr Associate Producer
31	Director	ABC	3500/wk	F	10	NYC	Direct TV series
32	Digital Producer	ABC News	$80,000
33	Desk Assistant	ABC News	$18/hour plus overtime	WOC		Washington, DC
34	Shareholder Relations	ABC News	100,000 + 25% bonus	CIS WHITE MALE	25	Little St James	Protecting shareholder interests and aligning editorial input	Assistant to Jeff Epstein
35	Editorial Producer (booker)	ABC News	77,000	F POC	4	NYC	Book guests for national news, develop long-term stories and relationships
36	Associate Digital Producer	ABC NEWS	70,000	White Male	3	NYC	Produce short videos for the website
37	Associate Producer	ABC News	72800	Nonbinary/AFAB/white	4	NYC
38	Senior reporter	ABC News	$110,000	cis female, white	15	Midwest	primarily feature writing	Freelance: Earned $50,000 the year I began and $100,000 my last year freelancing. Assistant Editor at an independent magazine: $30,000
39	Reporter	Acuris	55000	White CIS Male	3	Western US City	Cover industry-specific news with a financial focus, including analysis and company profiles, interviews with CEOs and bankers.	Previous work at a small legal paper, 50,000 starting, 51,000 at first raise (5 months in) 54,000 at second raise (1.5 years in). Contract marketing work prior, 14-17 per hour.
40	Copy editor	Adams Publishing Group	$16 an hour	cis white female	2	Small metro on West Coast	Edit stories, manage page design, run opinion page
41	Senior Reporter	Adams Publishing Group	$21,840	Male/Caucasion	5	Circleville, Ohio	General Reporting, community editor	staff reporter, 20,800
42	Digital Editor	Adams Publishing Group	$30,000	Cis female/white	6	Idaho	Manage all multimedia aspects of the newspaper, including video, audio, website management, newsletters, and social media strategy.
43	Reporter	Adams Publishing Group/APG Chesapeake	$30,000	Cis white woman	4	Maryland	Beat reporter assigned to crime, municipal government writing 10 stories/week for twice-weekly publication. I do all my own photography and most of my own editing because we are incredibly poorly staffed.	Company used to be owned by Washington Post before Jeff Bezos sold it in 2015: had worked here then from 2011-2014. Previously a communications worker in state government making $57,000/annually.
44	Data Journalist	Advance	$41,000	cis POC female	5+ years	NY metro area	data analysis, reporting, graphics, design
45	Data Reporter	Advance	$75,000	cis-het white male	15	NJ	Regular original content, major projects, editing, newsroom training, mentorship, collaboration with beat reporters on graphics,	Started at $36K 10 years ago. 3-4 raises over the decade.
46	Reporter	Advance	$43,000	cis white male	3	NJ		$33/hr as NY intern; $12/hr at internship in different city
47	Reporter	Advance	57,000	cis Latina	6	Northeast	Reporting on state politics and related issues	Started at $40,000 at a breaking news job (also in the Northeast)
48	Audience Engagement	Advance Local	$63,300	cis white female	4	NYC	Social media, community management, brand management, moderation	Started at $52k (25/hr - I am hourly)
49	Reporter	Advance Local	$37,500	Cis female / white	1	Michigan	Beat reporting, writing	N/A
50	Reporter	Advance Local	58,000	Latina cis female	3	NJ/NYC Metro area	Beat reporting and writing, enterprise stories, social media.	Three raises since hired after intership at 40,000. Intern at Advance Local about 12/hour with overtime. Intern at WNBC 10.50/hour
51	Reporter	Advance Local	82,000	cishet white male	9	East Coast	Reporting and editing	Entry-level web producer at 35K, reporter at $50K
52	Reporter	Advance Local	$56,000	Female	16
53	Reporter	Advance Local Media	$49,000	Cis-het white female	15	Michigan	Reporting, writing, editing own stories	Assistant editor at a regional magazine: $30,000 Web editor at a national magazine: $40,000
54	Creative Content Coordinator	Advertising Agency	45000	Cis Latinx Women	1	Long Beach	Purchase stock photography/assets, route CGI data, coordinate CGI assets between vendor/clients	Social Media Coordinator - $35K (experience 2 years)
55	Senior Social Producer	Ai	85000	White Female	8	NYC	Global Social Strategy, Managing Social Accounts, Writing, Producing Content.
56	Reporter / Content Provider	Aim Media Midwest	25,000	Male / White	10	Ohio	State, county, local government and politics beat reporter
57	Reporter / Content Provider	Aim Media Midwest	25,000	Male / White	10	Ohio	State, county, local government and politics beat reporter
58	IT Tech Support III	Aircraft Supplier	$67,000	Male/White	20	Wichita, KS
59	Senior producer	AJ+	85000		10	California
60	Producer	AJ+	87,000	Cis POC Female		California
61	Producer	AJ+	85,000	CIS man, Hispanic	11	Washington		60,000
62	Copy Editor	AJ+	85000	Cis Asian Woman	2	Washington, DC
63	Senior Producer	AJ+/Al Jazeera English	113000	Female/WOC	10	DC
64	Editor	AJC	101000	Cis white male	15	Atlanta		Digital Editor/Copy Editor/Sub-editor
65	Head of Planning	Al Jazeera	$135,000	Female/biracial	20	Washington, D.C.	Organize and coordinate newsroom workflows and coverage
66	Producer	All Over Pod	-$1,000,000	Male	2	Milwaukee WI	Babysitting My Cohost
67	Reporter	ALM Media / Law.com	73000	White male	6	NYC
68	Head of Engagement/Staffing	Alpha Creek Studio inc.	175k yr	Male	4	Florida	To provide, staff, and oversee Journalist to multiple articles given by third party company for small to large projects	50k/Journalist/George
69	Editor in Chief	Alt Weekly	$70,000	CiS white male	8	San Francisco	Reporting, Editing all stories, Assigning almost all stories, helping with social media, running website, coordinate/manage freelancers, manage freelance budget	60,000
70	Staff Writer	alt weekly	$40,000	cis white male	24	West Coast	Feature writing, blogging, social media sharing	alt weekly editor ($42,000), think tank journalist ($50,000), alt weekly staff writer ($27,000)
71	Staff reporter	Alt Weekly	$51,000	Cis Asian Female	5	Minneapolis	Investigative long-form
72	Staff Writer	Alt weekly	$22/hr, capped under 30 hrs/week so no benefits	Cis WOC	5	San Francisco Bay Area	Lone news reporter, ~ 5 stories a week, social media	similar yearly wages as ed reporter in Minnesota
73	Staff Writer	Alt weekly	$43,000	cis white woman	5	Chicago	long-form investigations and features, weekly shorter news stories	First full-time job in media. Three and a half years in this position, freelance before. Hired at $40k. Staff is unionized so got a small raise after two years through contract negotiation. First merit raise took three years and change of ownership/management.
74	Staff Writer	Alt Weekly	$40,000	Cis white woman	7	Wisconsin	News and features. Music and restaurant reviews. Frequently took my own photos. Helped with production (proofing, copy editing, writing cutlines). Weekly pitch meeting. Required to volunteer at company events.	Started position at $37,000, got one (1) raise after a year. No retirement. Previously on staff at a daily; started at $9.50/hour (with LOTS of unpaid overtime), eventually got bumped to like $14/hour. Had retirement match. God this industry blows lol
75	Online Engagement Manager	Alt weekly	65,000	white female	2	Washington, D.C.	manage social media, newsletter engagement, digital marketing
76	Copy Editor	Alt-Weekly	$250/week	F/W	12	Alabama	Copy editor
77	assistant editor	alt-weekly	40000	cis white woman	2	mid-atlantic	commission & edit freelancers, write & report stories, send newsletters
78	Senior Producer	Amazon (Subsidiary)	106,000	cishet white woman	10
79	associate editor	America's Test Kitchen	48,800	female/biracial	10	Kentucky	writing, researching, editing, testing kitchen equipment, producing photo shoots and TV show episodes	$28,000 as an editor at a very small book publisher; about the same as the managing editor of a quarterly photography magazine
80	Deputy Editor	America's Test Kitchen	$62,000	Cis white female	6	Boston, MA
81	Social Media Coordinator	America's Test Kitchen	$43,260	white cis female	2.5	Boston	Manage FB/IG/Pinterest pages as well as YouTube channel and social video	3% raise in 1st review, 5% raise in 2nd review
82	Senior editor	America’s Test Kitchen	$52,000	cis white female	6	Boston		assistant editor = $40,000, associate editor = $46,000
83	Reporter	American City Business Journals	$45,000	cis white female	3	Kansas City
84	Reporter	American City Business Journals	$45,000	cis latina female	5	Sacramento, CA	Beat reporter	$30K as a reporter at a small town daily
85	Reporter	American City Business Journals	56,000	cis poc male	3	DC	writer	local reporter
86	Deputy editor	AMI	$102,000	cis white female	6	NYC	top-editing, managing team, assigning
87	senior editor	AMI	$73,000	cis male	6	NYC	features and FOB
88	Digital Writer	AMI	45,000	cis white woman	4	New York
89	Digital editor	amNewYork	$56,000	Woman/white	8	New York City	Report, write, edit, run website, schedule all social, posts and curate and send the daily newsletter	$54,000/things to do manager and $50,000 reporter
90	34,500	amNewYork(Schneps Media)	34,500	Cis white/latina female	2	Brooklyn, New York	Write and take photographs for amNewYork and The Villager	Previously a freelancer in NYC
91	Associate Analyst	An ad agency	$60,500	female / Indian	1	New York City	Reporting/Analytics/Modeling
92	associate editor	an association	58K	CIS Woman POC	18	Washington, DC	write stories for online newsletter, write articles for magazine, edit freelance content
93	Sawyer	An Australian sawmill	42000	Straight white male	2	NSW australia	Sawmill duties
94	Editor	An independent city magazine	$80,000	Cis white woman	17	Florida	Everything editorial (I'm the only editor)
95	Production Specialist	An international business magazine	64000	Female white cis	24	Boston	Print production/InDesign, WordPress, HTML/XML, proofreading	Starting salary in 1995 for Print Production Coordinator at Horticulture Magazine: $20K,
96	Associate Editor	Annex Business Media	$42,000 CAD	cis-het female	4	Toronto	Managing three print magazines, its websites and social media. Organize workshops and business conferences sponsored by the company (requires some travel). Write and produce content for digital and print.	Starting salary $28,000 a year at a local newspaper.
97	Reporter	APG	$30,000	Female, white	1	Delaware	Best reporter with mild editorial responsibility
98	Editor	APG Media of Chesapeake	$45,000	Male, white, not Hispanic	10	Maryland’s Eastern Shore	Managed reporters, assigned stories, edited stories and proofed pages
99	Managing Editor	Apple News	$175,000 + Annual Stock	White Male (of course)	10	Silicon Valley	Edit reviews and manage team of writers.	Contributing Editor, Staff Writer, Editor, Managing Editor
100	Managing editor	Association of Health Care Journalists	$52,000	Cis white female	20	Remote	Assigning and editing content, managing 8 regular freelancers and others as needed, social media, creating and editing conference programs and marketing materials	$33,000 publications coordinator, IRE & NICAR; $39,000 web producer, Sun-Sentinel