State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Mississippi, $65,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.3% — not 46.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-46.7%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-33.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Technical Writers
- Median
- $65,220
- p25
- $60,810
- p75
- $80,150
- p10
- $45,740
- p90
- $85,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.