State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Kansas, $73,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 39.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.9%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-27.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Technical Writers
- Median
- $73,550
- p25
- $61,310
- p75
- $84,510
- p10
- $49,250
- p90
- $102,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.