State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Massachusetts vs Texas
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Texas, $82,750. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 32%.
Nominal pay gap
+32%
Massachusetts vs Texas
COL-adjusted gap
+21.1%
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%
Texas
Technical Writers
- Median
- $82,750
- p25
- $63,720
- p75
- $105,630
- p10
- $50,590
- p90
- $127,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -78%
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.