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Technical Writer: job description, salary and skills in United States

Reference estimate Updated November 2026
Median salary
95 000.00 USD

Salary range (gross annual)

70 000.00 USD Junior (P10)
95 000.00 USD Median
120 000.00 USD Senior (P90)
Entry levelMarketExpert

Source: Reference estimate · sample ≥ 30 (GDPR).

Most in-demand skills

  • Rédaction techniqueDocumented skill
  • Docs-as-codeDocumented skill
  • MarkdownDocumented skill
  • Documentation d'APIDocumented skill
  • OpenAPIDocumented skill
  • GitDocumented skill
  • Architecture de l'informationDocumented skill
  • HTML/CSSDocumented skill

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