State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Delaware vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Delaware, $90,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.1%
Delaware vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-19.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Technical Writers
- Median
- $90,370
- p25
- $62,830
- p75
- $109,790
- p10
- $60,990
- p90
- $117,210
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.