Re: "Employment and salary outlook for technical writers based on the 2017-2018 STC Salary Database"

Subject: Re: "Employment and salary outlook for technical writers based on the 2017-2018 STC Salary Database"
From: Lauren <lauren -at- writeco -dot- net>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2019 16:42:26 -0800

I forgot about the technical writer clause. That changed the market.

On 1/8/2019 10:47 AM, Gene Kim-Eng wrote:

The STC uses BLS data, which doesn't make a distinction between
full/part/direct/outsources.

Perhaps some people are being hired with different job titles and
duties as an attempt to end-run around CA state labor laws that
mandate categorizing technical writers who create materials for use by
customers as non-exempt/hourly rather than exempt/professionals.



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"Employment and salary outlook for technical writers based on the 2017-2018 STC Salary Database": From: Cardimon, Craig

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