Poll Results for Technical Writers' Daily Rates

Our recent poll on daily rates for technical writers and others in the tech docs fields showed these results.

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Corporate Newsletter. Range: $40-$120/hour; Avg: $80/hour

Corporate Reports: Range: $40-$120/hour; Avg: $82/hour

White Papers: Range: $40-$110; Avg: $78/hour

Online Publishing: Range: $35-$110/hour; Avg: $85/hour

Direct Response (direct mail): Range: $35-$110; Avg: $95/hour

Marketing Communications: Range: $35-$110; Avg: $85/hour

Biology Writing: Range: $40-$130; Avg: $80/hour

Pharmaceutical Writing: Range: $35-$170; Avg: $90/hour

General: Range: $30-$110; Avg: $65/hour

Business-to-Business: Range: $45-$85; Avg: $75/hour

Corporate: Range: $35-$120; Avg: $70/hour

Science: Range: $30-$120; Avg: $60/hour

General: Range: $25-$70; Avg: $45/hour

Corporate: Range: $25-$65; Avg: $45/hour

Science: Range: $25-$120; Avg: $56/hour

Web Authoring and Design: Range: $40-$100; Avg: $85/hour

Senior Technical Writer Range $50-$125; Avg: $75/hour

Technical Writer Resp: 11; Range: $40-$125; Avg: $60/hour

Technical Copy Editing: Range: $35-$65; Avg: $65