State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Alaska, $83,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.3% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.8%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-21.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Technical Writers
- Median
- $83,200
- p25
- $61,920
- p75
- $93,500
- p10
- $61,020
- p90
- $102,120
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.