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Writers and Authors pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA and Waterbury-Shelton, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Writers and Authors is $62,060 per year in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. It is $127,350 per year in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 51.3% below Waterbury-Shelton, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-3043 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 60 wage and salary jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA and 50 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings