State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Colorado, $100,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 7.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.9%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Technical Writers
- Median
- $100,610
- p25
- $82,060
- p75
- $123,490
- p10
- $69,730
- p90
- $160,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.