State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: Florida vs Maryland
Writers and Authors in Maryland earn a median of $104,330. In Florida, $68,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.7% — not 34.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-34.7%
Florida vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-33.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Florida
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $68,080
- p25
- $47,410
- p75
- $93,100
- p10
- $41,650
- p90
- $102,540
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.