The annual salary statistics of technical writers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage information of technical writers in Fort Worth-Arlington 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 | $43,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $51,010 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $68,110 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $83,260 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $99,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for technical writers in Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $99,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,110. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,640.
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 | $68,110 | 3.49% | 26.60% |
| 2016 | $65,730 | 8.76% | - |
| 2015 | $59,970 | -2.05% | - |
| 2014 | $61,200 | 0.83% | - |
| 2013 | $60,690 | 17.63% | - |
| 2012 | $49,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $68,110 in Fort Worth-Arlington is in the middle of salary range for technical writers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of technical writers in Fort Worth-Arlington is 14.0 percent (14.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 35.1 percent (35.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central Texas nonmetropolitan area.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Waco | |
| North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area | |
| Corpus Christi | |
| Amarillo | |
| El Paso | |
| Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood | |
| Lubbock | |
| Central Texas nonmetropolitan area |