State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: California vs Maryland
Writers and Authors in Maryland earn a median of $104,330. In California, $86,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 17.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-17.1%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-21.4%
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%
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.