State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: Arkansas vs Maryland
Writers and Authors in Maryland earn a median of $104,330. In Arkansas, $47,970. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.4% — not 54%.
Nominal pay gap
-54%
Arkansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-44.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $47,970
- p25
- $39,150
- p75
- $62,790
- p10
- $30,560
- p90
- $79,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.