Salary for Senior-level / Expert Technical Writer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Technical Writer in United States during 2025 is USD 132,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Technical Writer salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 138,000 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
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 8
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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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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Technical Writer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Technical Writer job listings are Clearance, DoD and Computer Science. 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:
Clearance | 4 jobs DoD | 4 jobs Computer Science | 4 jobs Strategy | 3 jobs DoDD 8570 | 3 jobs TS/SCI | 3 jobs Network security | 2 jobs Incident response | 2 jobs GICSP | 2 jobs SSCP | 2 jobs Top Secret | 2 jobs Security Clearance | 2 jobs Risk management | 2 jobs SDLC | 2 jobs GSEC | 2 jobs Agile | 2 jobs CND | 2 jobs TTPs | 1 jobs DNS | 1 jobs Threat intelligence | 1 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Technical Writer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Technical Writer job listings are Health care, Career development and Insurance. 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 | 6 jobs Career development | 5 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Flex hours | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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