State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: California vs Connecticut
Writers and Authors in Connecticut earn a median of $98,460. In California, $86,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.8% — not 12.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-12.2%
California vs Connecticut
COL-adjusted gap
-17.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $86,480
- p25
- $75,530
- p75
- $127,870
- p10
- $56,730
- p90
- $193,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -91%
Connecticut
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $98,460
- p25
- $73,610
- p75
- $129,260
- p10
- $52,250
- p90
- $153,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.