State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Tennessee, $79,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.2% — not 37.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.3%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+19.2%
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%
Tennessee
Technical Writers
- Median
- $79,550
- p25
- $63,540
- p75
- $102,430
- p10
- $50,430
- p90
- $108,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -50%
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.