State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Kentucky, $81,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.9% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.8%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-12.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Technical Writers
- Median
- $81,070
- p25
- $60,020
- p75
- $99,240
- p10
- $54,300
- p90
- $120,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.