The annual salary statistics of technical writers in Winston-Salem, North Carolina is shown in Table 1. The wage information of technical writers in Winston-Salem 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 | $49,260 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $64,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,080 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $101,480 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $152,570 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for technical writers in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $152,570. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,080. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,260.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of technical writers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $79,080 | 2.71% | 17.22% |
| 2021 | $76,940 | 2.34% | - |
| 2020 | $75,140 | 5.78% | - |
| 2019 | $70,800 | 3.08% | - |
| 2018 | $68,620 | 4.15% | - |
| 2017 | $65,770 | 0.47% | - |
| 2016 | $65,460 | -0.93% | - |
| 2015 | $66,070 | 0.92% | - |
| 2012 | $65,460 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,080 in Winston-Salem is in the middle of salary range for technical writers in state of North Carolina. In comparison, the annual salary of technical writers in Winston-Salem is 29.5 percent (29.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Durham-Chapel Hill and 63.4 percent (63.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area.