Reporter Salary in Louisiana

How much does a Reporter make in Louisiana?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Reporter in Louisiana is $58,769 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $28.

However, a Reporter's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $71,840
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $53,586 to $65,611
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $48,867

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Reporter Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$65,611	$5,468	$1,262	$32
Average	$58,769	$4,897	$1,130	$28
25th Percentile	$53,586	$4,466	$1,031	$26

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Key Factors That Influence Reporter Salaries

A Reporter's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Reporter Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Reporter's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $57,067
Early Career (1-2 years): $57,995
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $59,790
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $62,139
Expert (over 8 years): $62,343

Levels	Salary
Entry Level Reporter	$57,067
Intermediate Level Reporter	$57,995
Senior Level Reporter	$59,790
Specialist Level Reporter	$62,139
Expert Level Reporter	$62,343

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How Do Reporter Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Reporters. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $68,436.
California: $68,176.
Massachusetts: $67,268.

District of Columbia $68,436 California $68,176 Massachusetts $67,268 Washington $67,021 New Jersey $66,996 Alaska $66,909 Connecticut $66,056 New York $65,710

Hawaii $64,604 Rhode Island $64,085 Maryland $63,732 Minnesota $63,250 Colorado $63,065 Illinois $63,003 Oregon $62,768 Delaware $62,595

New Hampshire $62,486 Virginia $62,243 Pennsylvania $61,532 Nevada $61,173 North Dakota $61,056 Michigan $60,870 Wisconsin $60,802 Vermont $60,667

Texas $60,289 Maine $60,265 Arizona $60,228 Ohio $60,184 Georgia $59,616 Indiana $59,331 Wyoming $59,276 Utah $59,189

Iowa $59,152 Kansas $58,855 Louisiana $58,769 North Carolina $58,738 Missouri $58,726 Florida $58,485 Montana $58,355 Nebraska $58,231

Kentucky $58,163 South Carolina $57,916 Tennessee $57,761 Idaho $57,700 New Mexico $57,248 Oklahoma $57,150 Alabama $56,785 South Dakota $56,173

Arkansas $55,839 West Virginia $55,660 Mississippi $55,122

Top Paying Cities for Reporters

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Moreauville: $55,392
Morrow: $55,301
Newellton: $54,746

Moreauville, LA $55,392 Morrow, LA $55,301 Newellton, LA $54,746 Palmetto, LA $55,732 Pineville, LA $54,146 Plaucheville, LA $55,360 Rhinehart, LA $54,802 Ruby, LA $54,246

Saint Joseph, LA $54,798 Saint Landry, LA $54,804 Sicily Island, LA $54,821 Simmesport, LA $55,421 Trout, LA $54,513 Vidalia, LA $55,050 Waterproof, LA $54,792 Wildsville, LA $54,917

Wisner, LA $54,816 Aimwell, LA $54,722 Anacoco, LA $55,178 Atlanta, LA $54,887 Ball, LA $54,214 Belmont, LA $55,238 Bentley, LA $54,363 Boyce, LA $54,367

Calvin, LA $55,049 Campti, LA $55,139 Clarence, LA $55,205 Clarks, LA $54,844 Cloutierville, LA $54,861 Colfax, LA $54,455 Columbia, LA $54,656 Converse, LA $55,423

Dodson, LA $54,864 Dry Prong, LA $54,484 Elmer, LA $54,394 Enterprise, LA $54,714 Fisher, LA $55,264 Flatwoods, LA $54,670 Flora, LA $55,125 Florien, LA $55,118

Forest Hill, LA $54,329 Gardner, LA $54,364 Georgetown, LA $54,665 Glenmora, LA $54,489 Gorum, LA $54,882 Grayson, LA $54,663 Hineston, LA $54,670 Hornbeck, LA $55,178

Joyce, LA $54,740 Kelly, LA $54,688 Kurthwood, LA $55,142 Leesville, LA $55,143 Springfield, LA $57,153 Sun, LA $56,094 Talisheek, LA $56,261 Tangipahoa, LA $56,274

Tickfaw, LA $56,737 Varnado, LA $55,068 Lafayette, LA $55,864 Arcadia, LA $55,138 Ashland, LA $55,269 Athens, LA $55,277 Belcher, LA $56,423 Benton, LA $56,462

Bethany, LA $56,410 Bienville, LA $55,138 Blanchard, LA $56,669 Castor, LA $55,421 Cotton Valley, LA $56,068 Coushatta, LA $55,539 Cullen, LA $55,796 Doyline, LA $56,339

Dubberly, LA $55,994 Frierson, LA $56,412 Gibsland, LA $55,388 Gilliam, LA $56,243 Gloster, LA $56,290 Goldonna, LA $54,950 Grand Cane, LA $56,109 Greenwood, LA $56,486

Hall Summit, LA $55,915 Haughton, LA $56,493 Haynesville, LA $55,158 Heflin, LA $56,114 Homer, LA $55,193 Hosston, LA $56,098 Ida, LA $55,965 Jamestown, LA $55,829

Keatchie, LA $56,185 Keithville, LA $56,453 Lisbon, LA $54,890 Logansport, LA $55,876 Longstreet, LA $56,015 Elm Grove, LA $56,340 Mansfield, LA $55,941 Minden, LA $56,051

Mooringsport, LA $56,444 Oil City, LA $56,289 Pelican, LA $55,491 Plain Dealing, LA $56,082 Pleasant Hill, LA $55,337 Powhatan, LA $55,325 Princeton, LA $56,405 Ringgold, LA $56,023

Rodessa, LA $55,852 Saline, LA $55,066 Sarepta, LA $55,904 Shongaloo, LA $55,544 Sibley, LA $56,168 Springhill, LA $55,779 Stonewall, LA $56,482 Vivian, LA $56,123

Ruston, LA $54,874 Simsboro, LA $55,080 Prairieville, LA $58,212 Lacassine, LA $56,861 Leblanc, LA $56,331 Longville, LA $56,452 Merryville, LA $55,936 Mittie, LA $55,441

Oberlin, LA $55,432 Pitkin, LA $55,165 Ragley, LA $56,784 Reeves, LA $56,643 Rosepine, LA $55,461 Singer, LA $56,593 Starks, LA $56,963 Sugartown, LA $55,319

Sulphur, LA $57,126 Vinton, LA $57,164 Westlake, LA $57,252 Baker, LA $58,661 Denham Springs, LA $58,069 Gonzales, LA $57,918 Addis, LA $58,695 Albany, LA $57,170

Angola, LA $56,026 Batchelor, LA $56,356 Brittany, LA $57,913 Brusly, LA $58,674 Carville, LA $58,209 Clinton, LA $57,360 Convent, LA $57,311 Darrow, LA $57,702

Duplessis, LA $58,145 Erwinville, LA $58,386 Ethel, LA $57,726 Fordoche, LA $57,212 French Settlement, LA $57,771 Geismar, LA $58,010 Glynn, LA $58,242 Burnside, LA $57,996

Greenwell Springs, LA $58,243 Grosse Tete, LA $57,963 Hester, LA $57,079 Holden, LA $57,390 Innis, LA $55,983 Jackson, LA $57,638 Jarreau, LA $57,886 Krotz Springs, LA $56,114

Lakeland, LA $58,116 Lettsworth, LA $56,653 Livingston, LA $57,729 Livonia, LA $57,588 Lottie, LA $56,816 Maringouin, LA $57,515 Morganza, LA $57,065 New Roads, LA $57,545

Norwood, LA $56,969 Oscar, LA $57,955 Paulina, LA $57,180 Plaquemine, LA $58,170 Port Allen, LA $58,677 Hahnville, LA $58,210 Harvey, LA $58,911 Kenner, LA $58,910

Lafitte, LA $58,687 La Place, LA $58,025 Luling, LA $58,658 Lutcher, LA $57,293 Marrero, LA $58,911 Meraux, LA $58,911 Mount Airy, LA $57,480 New Sarpy, LA $58,508

Norco, LA $58,371 Paradis, LA $58,338 Pilottown, LA $55,881 Pointe A La Hache, LA $57,731 Port Sulphur, LA $57,689 Reserve, LA $57,729 Saint Bernard, LA $58,321 Saint James, LA $57,286

Saint Rose, LA $58,698 Vacherie, LA $57,353 Venice, LA $55,032 Violet, LA $58,911 Westwego, LA $58,911 New Orleans, LA $58,911 Sondheimer, LA $54,684 Summerfield, LA $54,824

Taylor, LA $55,829 Lena, LA $54,570 Pride, LA $58,168 Rosedale, LA $58,079 Rougon, LA $58,269 Saint Amant, LA $57,524 Saint Francisville, LA $57,261 Saint Gabriel, LA $58,370

Slaughter, LA $57,987 Sorrento, LA $57,553 Sunshine, LA $58,600 Tunica, LA $56,180 Ventress, LA $57,884 Wakefield, LA $57,188 Walker, LA $57,888 Watson, LA $58,257

Weyanoke, LA $56,695 White Castle, LA $57,850 Wilson, LA $57,164 Zachary, LA $58,375 Uncle Sam, LA $57,066 Baton Rouge, LA $58,707 Shreveport, LA $56,704 Barksdale Afb, LA $56,704

Bossier City, LA $56,704 Monroe, LA $54,720 Archibald, LA $54,691 Baskin, LA $54,696 Bastrop, LA $54,711 Bernice, LA $54,932 Bonita, LA $54,750 Calhoun, LA $54,706

Chatham, LA $54,683 Choudrant, LA $54,704 Collinston, LA $54,711 Crowville, LA $54,844 Delhi, LA $54,803 Delta, LA $54,967 Downsville, LA $54,710 Dubach, LA $55,024

Epps, LA $54,781 Eros, LA $54,688 Fairbanks, LA $54,720 Farmerville, LA $54,710 Forest, LA $54,994 Abbeville, LA $55,624 Arnaudville, LA $55,863 Avery Island, LA $55,828

Baldwin, LA $56,126 Basile, LA $55,601 Branch, LA $55,796 Breaux Bridge, LA $55,922 Broussard, LA $55,848 Cade, LA $55,836 Carencro, LA $55,855 Cecilia, LA $55,878

Centerville, LA $55,999 Charenton, LA $56,147 Chataignier, LA $55,603 Church Point, LA $55,787 Crowley, LA $55,725 Delcambre, LA $55,803 Duson, LA $55,828 Egan, LA $55,741

Elton, LA $55,673 Erath, LA $55,784 Estherwood, LA $55,725 Eunice, LA $55,587 Evangeline, LA $55,767 Franklin, LA $55,953 Garden City, LA $55,941 Grand Coteau, LA $55,828

Gueydan, LA $55,630 Iota, LA $55,731 Jeanerette, LA $56,030 Jennings, LA $55,977 Kaplan, LA $55,510 Lake Arthur, LA $56,409 Lawtell, LA $55,730 Leonville, LA $55,852

Loreauville, LA $56,115 Mamou, LA $55,399 Maurice, LA $55,805 Mermentau, LA $55,835 Milton, LA $55,827 Morse, LA $55,736 New Iberia, LA $55,851 Lydia, LA $55,911

Opelousas, LA $55,769 Perry, LA $55,761 Pine Prairie, LA $55,401 Port Barre, LA $55,962 Rayne, LA $55,801 Reddell, LA $55,485 Roanoke, LA $56,218 Saint Martinville, LA $55,907

Scott, LA $55,848 Sunset, LA $55,818 Turkey Creek, LA $54,741 Ville Platte, LA $55,288 Washington, LA $55,690 Welsh, LA $56,569 Youngsville, LA $55,826 Lake Charles, LA $57,248

Metairie, LA $58,911 Des Allemands, LA $58,216 Ama, LA $58,818 Arabi, LA $58,911 Barataria, LA $58,560 Belle Chasse, LA $58,703 Boothville, LA $56,187 Boutte, LA $58,499

Braithwaite, LA $58,655 Buras, LA $56,229 Chalmette, LA $58,911 Destrehan, LA $58,599 Edgard, LA $57,816 Empire, LA $56,615 Garyville, LA $57,484 Gramercy, LA $57,331

Gretna, LA $58,911 Bell City, LA $56,928 Cameron, LA $57,481 Creole, LA $56,170 Dequincy, LA $56,933 Deridder, LA $55,557 Dry Creek, LA $55,607 Elizabeth, LA $55,230

Evans, LA $55,133 Fenton, LA $56,724 Grand Chenier, LA $55,416 Grant, LA $55,287 Hackberry, LA $56,967 Hayes, LA $56,795 Iowa, LA $57,132 Kinder, LA $56,361

Thibodaux, LA $57,132 Pierre Part, LA $56,835 Amelia, LA $56,150 Belle Rose, LA $57,375 Berwick, LA $56,149 Bourg, LA $57,270 Chauvin, LA $56,521 Cut Off, LA $57,735

Donaldsonville, LA $57,658 Donner, LA $56,215 Dulac, LA $56,233 Galliano, LA $57,324 Gheens, LA $57,960 Gibson, LA $56,046 Golden Meadow, LA $56,550 Grand Isle, LA $56,540

Gray, LA $56,837 Houma, LA $56,558 Kraemer, LA $57,169 Labadieville, LA $56,368 Larose, LA $57,984 Lockport, LA $57,569 Mathews, LA $57,697 Montegut, LA $57,064

Morgan City, LA $56,324 Napoleonville, LA $56,713 Paincourtville, LA $57,235 Patterson, LA $56,034 Plattenville, LA $57,203 Raceland, LA $57,426 Schriever, LA $56,483 Theriot, LA $55,946

Hammond, LA $56,724 Abita Springs, LA $56,803 Akers, LA $57,426 Amite, LA $56,446 Angie, LA $55,204 Bogalusa, LA $55,891 Bush, LA $56,288 Covington, LA $57,420

Fluker, LA $56,321 Folsom, LA $56,514 Franklinton, LA $55,689 Greensburg, LA $56,938 Husser, LA $56,133 Independence, LA $56,761 Kentwood, LA $56,021 Lacombe, LA $57,171

Loranger, LA $56,408 Madisonville, LA $57,548 Mandeville, LA $57,667 Maurepas, LA $57,355 Mount Hermon, LA $55,279 Natalbany, LA $56,748 Pearl River, LA $56,281 Pine Grove, LA $57,536

Ponchatoula, LA $57,568 Robert, LA $56,779 Roseland, LA $56,374 Saint Benedict, LA $57,158 Slidell, LA $57,392 Spearsville, LA $54,850 Start, LA $54,706 Sterlington, LA $54,714

Swartz, LA $54,720 Tallulah, LA $54,786 Transylvania, LA $54,741 West Monroe, LA $54,720 Winnsboro, LA $54,781 Alexandria, LA $54,146 Acme, LA $55,018 Bordelonville, LA $55,207

Bunkie, LA $55,154 Center Point, LA $54,253 Chase, LA $54,780 Cheneyville, LA $54,430 Clayton, LA $54,851 Cottonport, LA $55,128 Deville, LA $54,300 Dupont, LA $55,384

Echo, LA $54,339 Effie, LA $54,411 Evergreen, LA $55,201 Ferriday, LA $54,923 Gilbert, LA $54,764 Hamburg, LA $55,198 Harrisonburg, LA $54,804 Hessmer, LA $54,503

Jena, LA $54,494 Jonesville, LA $54,840 Lebeau, LA $55,704 Lecompte, LA $54,227 Libuse, LA $54,149 Mansura, LA $54,847 Marksville, LA $54,830 Melville, LA $56,274

Monterey, LA $55,025 Longleaf, LA $54,466 Many, LA $55,138 Marthaville, LA $55,193 Melrose, LA $54,884 Montgomery, LA $54,991 Mora, LA $54,819 Natchez, LA $55,040

Natchitoches, LA $55,171 Fort Polk, LA $55,374 Negreet, LA $55,136 New Llano, LA $55,363 Noble, LA $55,243 Oakdale, LA $55,232 Olla, LA $54,720 Otis, LA $54,453

Pollock, LA $54,399 Provencal, LA $54,982 Robeline, LA $55,094 Saint Maurice, LA $55,025 Sieper, LA $54,521 Sikes, LA $54,689 Simpson, LA $54,923 Slagle, LA $55,143

Tioga, LA $54,175 Tullos, LA $54,706 Urania, LA $54,878 Winnfield, LA $54,915 Woodworth, LA $54,197 Zwolle, LA $55,187 Fort Necessity, LA $54,680 Grambling, LA $55,216

Hodge, LA $55,197 Jigger, LA $54,786 Jones, LA $54,681 Jonesboro, LA $55,024 Kilbourne, LA $54,827 Lake Providence, LA $54,827 Lillie, LA $54,869 Mangham, LA $54,680

Marion, LA $54,711 Mer Rouge, LA $54,718 Oak Grove, LA $54,839 Oak Ridge, LA $54,707 Pioneer, LA $54,785 Quitman, LA $55,047 Rayville, LA $54,698

Reporter Salary by Company Size: Startups vs. Enterprise

Reporter salary potential scales significantly with company size. Data shows that Enterprise companies (5,000+ employees) pay the highest average salary at around $63,294. While startup companies pay approximate $53,649.

Reporter Salary by Company Size

Company Size	Employees	Average Salary
Startup	1~50	$53,649
Growth Stage	51~500	$56,719
Established	501~5000	$61,158
Enterprise	5000+	$63,294

Reporter Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Reporter roles, the industry you choose can impact your earning potential by as much as 60% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the highest-paying industry, Media, offers compensation 30% above the average. Conversely, Reporter positions in Business Services typically offer lower base pay, as this sector often view Reporter as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industry for a Reporter

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Media	$76,400	$37.0	30%

Reporter Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Reporter's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$53,586

Average $58,769/year

$65,611

$4,466

Average $4,897/month

$5,468

$1,031

Average $1,130/week

$1,262

$26

Average $28/hour

$32

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$65,611	$5,468	$1,262	$32
Average	$58,769	$4,897	$1,130	$28
25th Percentile	$53,586	$4,466	$1,031	$26

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