Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Technical Writer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Technical Writer in United States during 2025 is USD 129,791

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Technical Writer salary lies between USD 89,203 and USD 160,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Technical Writer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 180,000
Top 25%
$ 160,000
Median
$ 129,791
Bottom 25%
$ 89,203
Bottom 10%
$ 62,500

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Technical Writer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Technical Writer job listings are CISSP, Strategy and Artificial Intelligence. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

CISSP | 4 jobs Strategy | 3 jobs Artificial Intelligence | 3 jobs Clearance | 3 jobs Compliance | 3 jobs Content creation | 3 jobs Incident response | 2 jobs SaaS | 2 jobs Clearance Required | 2 jobs Privacy | 2 jobs Computer Science | 2 jobs SOC | 2 jobs Machine Learning | 1 jobs Red team | 1 jobs ISO 27001 | 1 jobs GDPR | 1 jobs SOC 2 | 1 jobs NIST | 1 jobs CISM | 1 jobs HIPAA | 1 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Technical Writer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Technical Writer job listings are Health care, Competitive pay and Career development. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Health care | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Career development | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Medical leave | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs

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