State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Alabama, $85,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 29.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.8%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-14%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Technical Writers
- Median
- $85,840
- p25
- $74,210
- p75
- $104,860
- p10
- $60,700
- p90
- $123,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
New Jersey
Technical Writers
- Median
- $122,320
- p25
- $83,150
- p75
- $135,010
- p10
- $69,400
- p90
- $163,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -70%
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.