State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Illinois vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Illinois, $88,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.5%
Illinois vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-21.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Technical Writers
- Median
- $88,700
- p25
- $73,140
- p75
- $106,650
- p10
- $58,800
- p90
- $130,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +700%
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.