State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Iowa vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Iowa, $66,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.6% — not 45.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.6%
Iowa vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-32.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Technical Writers
- Median
- $66,520
- p25
- $57,660
- p75
- $83,760
- p10
- $52,750
- p90
- $98,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.