Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Technical Writer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Technical Writer in United States during 2025 is USD 126,710

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Technical Writer salary lies between USD 102,000 and USD 150,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Technical Writer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 173,800
Top 25%
$ 150,000
Median
$ 126,710
Bottom 25%
$ 102,000
Bottom 10%
$ 90,480

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Technical Writer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Technical Writer job listings are Machine Learning, Research and Engineering. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Machine Learning | 5 jobs Research | 5 jobs Engineering | 5 jobs Jira | 4 jobs Agile | 3 jobs Excel | 3 jobs APIs | 3 jobs Computer Science | 3 jobs Content creation | 3 jobs Privacy | 3 jobs Python | 2 jobs JavaScript | 2 jobs Security | 2 jobs Power BI | 2 jobs CX | 2 jobs Architecture | 2 jobs GitHub | 2 jobs GPT | 2 jobs LLMs | 2 jobs Confluence | 2 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Technical Writer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Technical Writer job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 9 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Health care | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Team events | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs Paid sabbatical | 1 jobs

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