State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Indiana, $75,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28% — not 38.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-38.3%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-28%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Technical Writers
- Median
- $75,510
- p25
- $63,540
- p75
- $89,500
- p10
- $52,350
- p90
- $106,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.