Technical Writers · SOC 27-3042

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Technical Writerss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for technical writers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (4 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 136 metro areas

Technical Writers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$140,700	920	0.8
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$135,470	1,020	0.4
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$129,590	40	0.2
4	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$119,160	80	0.6
5	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$117,130	100	0.4
6	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$111,750	1,590	0.6
7	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$111,050	2,170	0.2
8	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$107,580	1,220	0.6
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$106,900	160	0.4
10	Boulder, CO	$105,840	140	0.7
11	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$104,450	60	0.3
12	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$104,000	1,460	0.2
13	Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	$103,730	160	0.7
14	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$103,360	800	0.5
15	Savannah, GA	$103,000	120	0.6
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$102,470	250	0.4
17	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$102,140	820	0.6
18	Idaho Falls, ID	$101,790	70	0.9
19	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$101,750	520	0.3
20	Knoxville, TN	$101,430	100	0.2
21	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$100,650	130	1.1
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$99,910	2,370	0.8
23	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$98,800	70	0.2
24	Worcester, MA	$98,020	100	0.3
25	Lexington Park, MD	$97,810	80	1.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Technical Writers overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.