Salary for Senior-level / Expert Technical Writer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Technical Writer in United States during 2024 is USD 145,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average senior-level / expert Technical Writer salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 500,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 500,000
Top 25%
$ 500,000
Median
$ 145,500
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 100,000

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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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Technical Writer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Technical Writer job listings are Engineering, Architecture and Machine Learning. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Engineering | 22 jobs Architecture | 17 jobs Machine Learning | 16 jobs Python | 15 jobs Computer Science | 12 jobs Research | 11 jobs APIs | 11 jobs JavaScript | 6 jobs GitHub | 6 jobs Confluence | 6 jobs Spark | 5 jobs Linux | 5 jobs GPU | 5 jobs Agile | 5 jobs Excel | 5 jobs Git | 5 jobs Deep Learning | 4 jobs SQL | 4 jobs UX | 4 jobs GCP | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Technical Writer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 22 jobs Equity / stock options | 14 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Salary bonus | 11 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Competitive pay | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Wellness | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Team events | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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