State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: Alabama vs Maryland
Writers and Authors in Maryland earn a median of $104,330. In Alabama, $66,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.1% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-35.8%
Alabama vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-24.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $66,950
- p25
- $51,840
- p75
- $93,550
- p10
- $39,830
- p90
- $115,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Maryland
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $104,330
- p25
- $77,020
- p75
- $140,670
- p10
- $59,560
- p90
- $165,050
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.