State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: New Jersey vs Tennessee
Technical Writers in New Jersey earn a median of $122,320. In Tennessee, $79,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.9% — not 53.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+53.8%
New Jersey vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+29.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Tennessee
Technical Writers
- Median
- $79,550
- p25
- $63,540
- p75
- $102,430
- p10
- $50,430
- p90
- $108,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.