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Journalist pay rates in Colombia

2 published sources · 1 figures · updated 1 Nov 2026 Open market: 4 job ads with pay

Pay rates for journalists in Colombia, as published by unions, governments and surveys, each quoted as printed and turned into a day's pay to compare. How the pay guide works →

Each published rate as a day's pay

No figure here can be turned into a day's pay yet.

Advertised pay in Colombia

Open market

What employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 4 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.

ReporterOn staff COP 3,250,000.50 a month middle half COP 2,687,500.38–COP 4,062,500.50 · 4 ads
Journalism jobs in Colombia → The middle figure of the ads for each job, with the middle half of them. Shown only where at least 3 employers posted ads with pay and none posted more than half of them.

Journalism in Colombia

Press freedom
102 / 180 Difficult

In the 2026 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Colombia ranks 102 of 180, with a score of 51.7 out of 100. Up 13 places on the year before.

RSF World Press Freedom Index ↗

By job type

Unions and bodies in Colombia

Nearby

Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.

About this data. These rates are compiled from publicly available sources and quoted as printed, with their date. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any figure. For information only: Journalist.net does not recommend or set rates. How we count