The annual salary statistics of technical writers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of technical writers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $60,580 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $71,710 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $90,270 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $115,750 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $134,350 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for technical writers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $134,350. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $90,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $60,580.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of technical writers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $90,270 | 9.27% | 2.34% |
| 2016 | $81,900 | -1.68% | - |
| 2015 | $83,280 | 4.49% | - |
| 2014 | $79,540 | -5.71% | - |
| 2013 | $84,080 | -4.85% | - |
| 2012 | $88,160 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $90,270 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for technical writers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of technical writers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 24.9 percent (24.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 25.7 percent (25.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Stockton.