State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In California, $104,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 4.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.8%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Technical Writers
- Median
- $104,000
- p25
- $84,250
- p75
- $141,280
- p10
- $69,630
- p90
- $175,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -67%
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.