【记者节特稿】记者的年薪能买多少个巨无霸？
中国记者节来啦！身为新闻工作者的你打算怎么“过节”呢？“摆烂”一整天？外出跑采访？还是熬夜写稿？
诚然，“记者”这个职业在中国似乎已逐渐失去吸引力，很大原因是工时长且不规律，但工资却不高。“活多钱少”是全球各地记者的共同“痛点”吗？根据Glassdoor、Indeed招聘网站等的最新数据，Newstopia整理了2023年全球16个国家和地区的新闻工作者的平均年薪。一起来看看究竟在哪里做新闻能赚更多吧！
瑞士记者年薪最高，达97,000美元
数据整理及制图：Newstopia
以上16个国家和地区中，中欧国家瑞士的新闻记者平均年薪高达近97,000美元，位居榜首，比排名第二的丹麦（约60,000美元）多50%。排名第三的是2023年世界“新闻自由指数”被评为第一的挪威（约55,000美元），紧随其后的是法国（约48,621美元）和美国（约48,599美元）。亚洲地区之中，新加坡的记者平均年薪最高，接近40,000美元，其次是南韩（约37,547美元）和日本（约36,203美元）。而香港排在第12位，记者平均年薪约33,000美元，台湾和内地的记者平均年薪则不足20,000美元。
香港记者年薪能买超过一万个巨无霸排名第三
由于不同国家和地区的生活成本存在差异，仅仅统计记者平均薪酬水平不足以反映其工资的“含金量”，因此，Newstopia以《经济学人》2023年7月发布的“巨无霸指数”作为衡量标准，简单比较了各地记者薪酬的购买力。
底图来源：https://mcdonalds.com.au/menu/big-mac
尽管瑞士的巨无霸是全球最贵的（约7.73美元/个），记者平均年薪仍能购买约12,528个巨无霸，购买力为16个国家和地区中最高。紧随其后的分别是日本（11,421个）。反观记者平均年薪排名靠前的挪威，则以不足8,000个巨无霸的购买力，排在第12位。
香港的记者平均年薪能购买约11,265个巨无霸，在上述排行榜位列第三。虽然平均年薪排名不高，但香港巨无霸的价格仅约3美元一个，因此购买力相对较高。尽管如此，香港记者的年薪与香港房价相比依然是杯水车薪。根据国际公共政策顾问机构Demographia2023年公布的《国际房价负担能力报告》，香港连续第十三年位居全球楼价最难负担城市的榜首。2021年，香港岛永久住宅的平均价格超过每平方米18.6万港元。
新闻从业者富豪年薪超过千万美元
公众普遍认为当记者难“发达”，但也有人靠做新闻致富。安德森·库珀（Anderson Cooper）是一位美国记者和电视主持人，入行近30年，知名工作之一为2003年起担任有线电视新闻网（CNN）的新闻节目《安德森库珀360°》（Anderson Cooper 360°）的主播。据最新资料，库珀从CNN获取的年薪约两千万美元。黛安·索耶（Diane Sawyer）为美国著名电视新闻记者，曾采访多位著名人物，如美国前总统乔治·布什（George Bush)、伊拉克前总统萨达姆·海珊（Saddam Hussein）等，现任职于美国广播公司（ABC），其最高年薪曾达两千两百万美元。
作者：曾敏儿
China’s Journalists’ Day is coming! As a journalist, how do you plan to celebrate your day? Having a day off？Going out to do interviews？Or staying up late to write articles?
It's true that the profession of “journalist” seems to be losing its appeal in China, largely due to long and irregular working hours and low wages. Is this really the case across the world? Newstopia compiled the average annual salaries of journalists in the following 16 countries and regions in 2023, according to the latest data from well-known recruitment websites, such as Glassdoor and Indeed. Find out where you can make more money as a journalist?
Swiss journalists earns the highest annual salary: US$97,000
Source: Newstopia
Among the above 16 countries and regions, the average annual salary of journalists in Switzerland, the Central European country, is as high as US$97,000, ranking first, and 50% more than the second-ranked Denmark (approx. US$60,000). The third place is Norway (approx. US$55,000), which ranked first in the 2023 World “Press Freedom Index”, followed by France (approx. US$48,621) and the United States (approx. US$48,599). In Asia, journalists in Singapore have the highest average annual salary of nearly US$40,000, followed by South Korea (approx. US$37,547) and Japan (approx. US$36,203). Hong Kong ranks 12th, with the average annual salary of journalists about US$33,000. The average annual salaries of journalists in Taiwan and the Chinese Mainland are less than US$20,000, ranking last among the 16 countries and regions.
Hong Kong journalists can afford more than 10,000 Big Macs per year, ranking third
However, because the cost of living varies across countries and regions, the average salary level of journalists is not sufficient to reflect the real value of their wages. Therefore, Newstopia used the “Big Mac Index” released by The Economist in July 2023 to simply measure the purchasing power of journalists' salaries in various places.
Source of background picture：https://mcdonalds.com.au/menu/big-mac
Although Big Macs in Switzerland are the most expensive in the world ($7.73 each), journalists there can still buy around 12,528 Big Macs, with the highest purchasing power among 16 countries and regions. Japan (11,421) comes in second. On the other hand, Norway, the top 3 in the average annual salary, only ranks 12th with a purchasing power of less than 8,000 Big Macs.
Journalists in Hong Kong can buy around 11,265 Big Macs, ranking 3rd in the above list. Although the average annual salary of journalists in Hong Kong is not high, the price of a Big Mac there is only about US$3, hence the purchasing power is relatively high. However, compared to Hong Kong’s property prices, the annual salary of Hong Kong journalists is still a drop in the bucket. According to the International Housing Affordability Report released in 2023 by Demographia, an international public policy consultancy, Hong Kong ranked first for the 13th consecutive year as the most unaffordable city in the world, with the average price of permanent housing in Hong Kong Island surpassing 186,000 HKD per square meter in 2021.
Super Rich journalist earns more than US$10 million a year
It is generally believed that it is difficult to “make a killing” as a journalist, but there are those who have made a fortune by doing news. Anderson Cooper is an American journalist and television host who has been in the industry for nearly 30 years. One of his well-known roles is being the anchor of the news program Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN since 2003. With reference to the latest information, Cooper's annual salary from CNN is about US$20 million. Diane Sawyer, the famous American television news reporter who has interviewed many famous figures such as former U.S. President George Bush and former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, earned annual salaries reaching US$22 million. She currently works for the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
Author: Tsang Manyi
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