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Subject:Re: Salary Survey from STC From:Elna Tymes <etymes -at- LTS -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 10 Jun 1998 17:02:48 -0700
Toni Williams TPG/SG wrote:
>
> Steve Taylor wrote:
> >How
> >many technical writers out there, either independent or otherwise, who
> make
> >100K a year (gross)? Remember, according to the survey, that's a
> median,
> >which means half of all salaries are higher...
>
> I'm in Los Angeles with 15+ years in software end-user documentation and
> *I* don't make close to 100K gross.
I know of a number of senior writers in Silicon Valley who are making
>$100K gross. However, they're not on salary to any company but their own - in one way or another, they're all contractors.
