State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Georgia vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Georgia, $73,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.5% — not 40.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.3%
Georgia vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-32.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Georgia
Technical Writers
- Median
- $73,070
- p25
- $59,760
- p75
- $97,390
- p10
- $57,970
- p90
- $122,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
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.