The annual salary statistics of technical writers in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida is shown in Table 1. The wage information of technical writers in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach 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 | $28,560 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $43,730 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $57,240 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $73,320 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $91,480 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for technical writers in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $91,480. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,560.
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 | $57,240 | 13.57% | 7.32% |
| 2016 | $49,470 | -13.22% | - |
| 2015 | $56,010 | -2.23% | - |
| 2014 | $57,260 | 3.32% | - |
| 2013 | $55,360 | 4.17% | - |
| 2012 | $53,050 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $57,240 in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach is in the middle of salary range for technical writers in state of Florida. In comparison, the annual salary of technical writers in West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach is 29.3 percent (29.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach and 3.6 percent (3.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Gainesville.