State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Massachusetts vs Virginia
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Virginia, $93,600. After cost-of-living, the gap is 11.5% — not 16.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+16.7%
Massachusetts vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+11.5%
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%
Virginia
Technical Writers
- Median
- $93,600
- p25
- $75,510
- p75
- $113,510
- p10
- $60,930
- p90
- $139,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -80%
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.