State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: Kansas vs Maryland
Writers and Authors in Maryland earn a median of $104,330. In Kansas, $65,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 36.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.9%
Kansas vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $65,840
- p25
- $43,740
- p75
- $72,700
- p10
- $30,920
- p90
- $92,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.