State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Connecticut vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Connecticut, $101,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.5% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-16.7%
Connecticut vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-12.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Connecticut
Technical Writers
- Median
- $101,870
- p25
- $83,220
- p75
- $116,660
- p10
- $63,710
- p90
- $127,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.6
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.