Technical Writer Salary in United States during 2024

💰 The median Technical Writer Salary in United States during 2024 is USD 107,400

✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2024

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The average Technical Writer salary lies between USD 90,000 and USD 144,660 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
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 500,000
Top 25%
$ 144,660
Median
$ 107,400
Bottom 25%
$ 90,000
Bottom 10%
$ 80,000

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 Technical Writer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Technical Writer job listings are Engineering, Python and Computer Science. 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 | 36 jobs Python | 24 jobs Computer Science | 24 jobs Architecture | 22 jobs Research | 21 jobs APIs | 20 jobs Machine Learning | 19 jobs JavaScript | 11 jobs Excel | 10 jobs Git | 10 jobs Confluence | 10 jobs SQL | 9 jobs Security | 9 jobs Testing | 8 jobs GCP | 8 jobs Agile | 8 jobs Java | 8 jobs UX | 7 jobs Google Cloud | 7 jobs Data analysis | 7 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Technical Writer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with 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 | 36 jobs Equity / stock options | 21 jobs Health care | 20 jobs Flex hours | 16 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs Flex vacation | 11 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Team events | 5 jobs Home office stipend | 5 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs

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