News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists Salary — Corpus Christi, Texas

The average News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists in Corpus Christi, Texas earns $56,640 a year.

$56,640 / year, mean
↓ 52.5% below national average 50th percentile in Texas

Corpus Christi sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Texas — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's well below the national average for news analysts, reporters, and journalists — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a reasonably reliable estimate, though the underlying sample is moderate in size.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
60
Estimate confidence
RSE 7.4%
Cost of living 93 #134 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $225,070 #152 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $65,801 #131 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Corpus Christi ranks #134 for cost of living and #152 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

New York $263,250 Chicago $104,580 Detroit $98,290 Philadelphia $98,170 San Jose $91,420 Austin $90,430 Baltimore $87,790 Buffalo $87,290 Sacramento $86,800 Riverside $86,110 San Diego $83,390 Indianapolis $81,640 Bakersfield $81,310 Miami $81,170 Albany $81,140 Lansing $80,630 Evansville $80,110 Seattle $78,390 Tampa $76,650 Orlando $76,110 Louisville $74,530 Syracuse $74,500 Rochester $73,990 Ann Arbor $68,990 Dallas $67,600 Fort Myers $67,280 Tallahassee $67,050 San Antonio $66,410 College Station $64,280 Grand Rapids $63,700 Spokane $63,010 Richmond $61,810 Virginia Beach $61,420 Houston $60,920 Roanoke $60,680 Jacksonville $59,750 Charlottesville $59,480 Waco $57,920 Sarasota $57,650 Gainesville $57,140 Corpus Christi $56,640 Lubbock $55,310 Peoria $55,290 El Paso $55,080 Beaumont $52,380 Lancaster $51,420 Eugene $49,770 Tyler $49,690 Bend $48,570 Panama City $48,490 McAllen $45,750
CityMean salaryvs. Corpus Christi
Albany, New York$81,140+43.3%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$68,990+21.8%
Austin, Texas$90,430+59.7%
Bakersfield, California$81,310+43.6%
Baltimore, Maryland$87,790+55.0%
Beaumont, Texas$52,380-7.5%
Bend, Oregon$48,570-14.2%
Buffalo, New York$87,290+54.1%
Fort Myers, Florida$67,280+18.8%
Charlottesville, Virginia$59,480+5.0%
Chicago, Illinois$104,580+84.6%
College Station, Texas$64,280+13.5%
Dallas, Texas$67,600+19.4%
Detroit, Michigan$98,290+73.5%
El Paso, Texas$55,080-2.8%
Eugene, Oregon$49,770-12.1%
Evansville, Indiana$80,110+41.4%
Gainesville, Florida$57,140+0.9%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$63,700+12.5%
Houston, Texas$60,920+7.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$81,640+44.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$59,750+5.5%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$51,420-9.2%
Lansing, Michigan$80,630+42.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$74,530+31.6%
Lubbock, Texas$55,310-2.3%
McAllen, Texas$45,750-19.2%
Miami, Florida$81,170+43.3%
New York, New York$263,250+364.8%
Sarasota, Florida$57,650+1.8%
Orlando, Florida$76,110+34.4%
Panama City, Florida$48,490-14.4%
Peoria, Illinois$55,290-2.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$98,170+73.3%
Richmond, Virginia$61,810+9.1%
Riverside, California$86,110+52.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$60,680+7.1%
Rochester, New York$73,990+30.6%
Sacramento, California$86,800+53.2%
San Antonio, Texas$66,410+17.2%
San Diego, California$83,390+47.2%
San Jose, California$91,420+61.4%
Seattle, Washington$78,390+38.4%
Spokane, Washington$63,010+11.2%
Syracuse, New York$74,500+31.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$67,050+18.4%
Tampa, Florida$76,650+35.3%
Tyler, Texas$49,690-12.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$61,420+8.4%
Waco, Texas$57,920+2.3%
Gross salary
56,640/yr
Estimated take-home
47,690/yr
Est. total withheld
15.8%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 27-3023 SOC code
Official area Corpus Christi, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 18580 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
446,797