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Subject:Salary survey From:burgamw1 <burgamw1 -at- TEOMAIL -dot- JHUAPL -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 4 Oct 1994 09:37:29 EST
Patricia-
According to the 1994 salary survey by the STC (Society for Technical
Communication), the mean salary for all technical writers is $40,975, the
median is $40,000. By years of experience:
Mean Median
<2 years $32,079 $30,000
2-5 years 36,968 36,735
6-10 years 42,472 41,350
11+ years 47,552 46,500
