State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Illinois, $88,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.1% — not 18.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-18.8%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-14.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Technical Writers
- Median
- $88,700
- p25
- $73,140
- p75
- $106,650
- p10
- $58,800
- p90
- $130,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +700%
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.