State comparison · 2025
Technical Writers salary: Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
Technical Writers in Massachusetts earn a median of $109,200. In Wisconsin, $80,030. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.4% — not 36.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.4%
Massachusetts vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+21.4%
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%
Wisconsin
Technical Writers
- Median
- $80,030
- p25
- $62,380
- p75
- $99,960
- p10
- $56,460
- p90
- $119,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +100%
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.