State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Maryland vs Massachusetts
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Maryland, $100,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.8% — not 7.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.5%
Maryland vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-6.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maryland
Technical Writers
- Median
- $100,990
- p25
- $79,730
- p75
- $125,440
- p10
- $72,880
- p90
- $149,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +33%
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.