The annual salary statistics of technical writers in Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of technical writers in Dallas-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 | $50,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,180 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $74,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $97,790 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $117,580 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for technical writers in Dallas-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 $117,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $74,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,980.
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 | $74,970 | -4.16% | 15.18% |
| 2021 | $78,090 | 2.25% | - |
| 2020 | $76,330 | 1.61% | - |
| 2019 | $75,100 | -5.26% | - |
| 2018 | $79,050 | 7.72% | - |
| 2017 | $72,950 | 0.64% | - |
| 2016 | $72,480 | 4.62% | - |
| 2015 | $69,130 | 0.97% | - |
| 2014 | $68,460 | 2.63% | - |
| 2013 | $66,660 | 4.61% | - |
| 2012 | $63,590 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $74,970 in Dallas-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 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington is 5.4 percent (5.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos and 41.1 percent (41.1%) 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 |