State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Alabama, $85,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.3% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.4%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Technical Writers
- Median
- $85,840
- p25
- $74,210
- p75
- $104,860
- p10
- $60,700
- p90
- $123,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Technical Writers
- Median
- $109,200
- p25
- $86,060
- p75
- $134,620
- p10
- $71,120
- p90
- $165,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.