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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 202027-3042 Technical WritersWrite technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.
National estimates for Technical Writers Industry profile for Technical Writers Geographic profile for Technical Writers National estimates for Technical Writers:Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Technical Writers:
Percentile wage estimates for Technical Writers:
Industry profile for Technical Writers:Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Technical Writers are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Technical Writers, see the Create Customized Tables function. Industries with the highest levels of employment in Technical Writers:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Technical Writers:
Top paying industries for Technical Writers:
Geographic profile for Technical Writers:States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Technical Writers are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Technical Writers, see the Create Customized Tables function. ![]() States with the highest employment level in Technical Writers:
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Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Technical Writers:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Technical Writers:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Technical Writers:
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files. The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages. (1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers. (2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data. (3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate. (8) Estimate not released. (9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average. Other OEWS estimates and related information: May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021 |