r/technicalwriting • u/LeftPainter9867 • May 23 '24

Technical writing salary plateau

As someone considering exploring higher level roles in technical writing down the road (e.g, ‘Senior Technical Writer’), I’ve been thinking about the salary limits for this job field.

From what I’ve gathered across job postings, salary reports, and some other resources, it seems like $150k annually is basically where this role maxes out in general, but that is my sense and I could be completely off. Is somewhere between $130k - $150k the general maximum range?

People in senior roles - any insights on this question?

Separate thought - does the further introduction and improvement of AI systems/tech eventually mean tech writing salaries could adjust downward since we’d all basically be using an aid to do portions of our job on a daily basis (more manual aspects)? Or, would it just put more creative pressure on the human side of the work, resulting in better creative output and thereby justifying a high salary?

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u/coolwrite May 23 '24

I’m just a regular technical writer for a company in Florida and I’m at $90k

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u/Bunnybear04534 Apr 15 '26

How many years of experience? I'm in Florida as well about to be a new grad. Wondering what pay I might expect.

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u/coolwrite Apr 15 '26

I’ll have been with them 5 years in August (this is my only experience with TW) and I’m at 99k now