State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Pennsylvania, $87,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 24.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.6%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+15%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Pennsylvania
Technical Writers
- Median
- $87,620
- p25
- $71,980
- p75
- $105,300
- p10
- $54,220
- p90
- $158,180
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.