State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: District of Columbia vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In District of Columbia, $117,810. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 3.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-3.7%
District of Columbia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-4.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
District of Columbia
Technical Writers
- Median
- $117,810
- p25
- $84,990
- p75
- $128,610
- p10
- $74,720
- p90
- $148,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.