State comparison · 2025
Writers and Authors salary: Maryland vs Texas
Writers and Authors in Maryland earn a median of $104,330. In Texas, $69,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.8% — not 49.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.1%
Maryland vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+37.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Texas
Writers and Authors
- Median
- $69,990
- p25
- $53,950
- p75
- $96,260
- p10
- $49,070
- p90
- $125,240
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +300%
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.