State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: Idaho vs Maryland
Writers and Authors in Maryland earn a median of $104,330. In Idaho, $56,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.6% — not 46%.
Nominal pay gap
-46%
Idaho vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-40.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $56,360
- p25
- $48,770
- p75
- $69,120
- p10
- $44,660
- p90
- $108,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.