State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: Kentucky vs Maryland
Writers and Authors in Maryland earn a median of $104,330. In Kentucky, $48,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 45.6% — not 53.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-53.2%
Kentucky vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-45.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $48,780
- p25
- $40,760
- p75
- $64,550
- p10
- $39,580
- p90
- $76,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.