State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Arkansas, $61,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 31.8% — not 44%.
Nominal pay gap
-44%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-31.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Technical Writers
- Median
- $61,180
- p25
- $51,660
- p75
- $74,590
- p10
- $45,170
- p90
- $81,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.