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Subject:Re: Tech writers' salaries From:David Demyan <dbdemyan -at- WORLDNET -dot- ATT -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 2 Oct 1996 14:26:46 +0000
Sharona Nelson wrote:
>I can tell you that for senior writers in the Boston area, most places
>seem to be paying over 50K. How much over depends on a lot of factors.
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Techwhirlers:
I saw this phenomenon in 1982 when I moved to the East Coast. Another
post complained that salaries are still low in Indiana. I found that
true of Ohio in the early 80s. The rates were much higher on both US
coasts. The same is happening now.
So, while I agree that supply and demand is at work, and I agree with
other posters about "you get what you pay for" and "writers have
suffered long enough," I think there are regional forces at work as
well.
PS: I can verify that rates are escalating on the East Coast. I
recruit and place contract technical writers in New Jersey and Metro
New York. Rates are high here for good writers.
Dave.
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