State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Arizona vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Arizona, $79,780. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.2% — not 26.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.9%
Arizona vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-23.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Technical Writers
- Median
- $79,780
- p25
- $67,600
- p75
- $100,270
- p10
- $60,100
- p90
- $119,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.