State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Iowa vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Iowa, $66,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.6% — not 39.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.1%
Iowa vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-26.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Technical Writers
- Median
- $66,520
- p25
- $57,660
- p75
- $83,760
- p10
- $52,750
- p90
- $98,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.