Technical Writer salary in Boston, MA

Based on 25 certified H-1B filings in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Natick, Cambridge, Lexington, Marlborough, Hopkinton.

Also listed as: Technical Writer Technical

Median salary$111,665
Middle 50%$100k–$125.7k
vs. national median+12%comparison median $100,000
Filings25FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $80,000 and $189,840.
PercentileSalary
10th$89,378
25th$100,000
50th (median)$111,665
75th$125,736
90th$173,960

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $100k $130k FY2022: median $98,200 (12 filings) FY2023: median $83,700 (11 filings) FY2024: median $90,006 (13 filings) FY2025: median $114,517 (14 filings) FY2026: median $107,536 (11 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 12 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 14 filings FY25 FY2026: 11 filings FY26 14
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––9
FY2021–––8
FY2022$98,200$94,104$117,96712
FY2023$83,700$82,910$96,25011
FY2024$90,006$76,000$120,59813
FY2025$114,517$100,000$126,87514
FY2026$107,536$100,018$125,73611

Cost of living

Boston's median Technical Writer salary of $111,665 is worth about $103,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Boston = 108.3).

Compared with all workers here

All Technical Writers in the Boston, MA area earned a median of $111,750 in May 2025 (1,590 employed). The H-1B median here is $111,665, 0% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
The MathWorkstoo few5
Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participationtoo few2
KAYAK Softwaretoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 4
Mid-level · Level II – 0
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV $127,789 10

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Expert · Level IV$125,736$127,78910

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.