Technical Writing: Jobs, Careers, and Schools

Metro Area Employment Data for Technical Writing

Employment info for Technical Writing, by major US metro area (2006 data). The Popularity Index shows how common jobs for Technical Writing are in the area. An Index of 1.0 means the area has an average number of people in the job compared to its population. A higher index indicates proportionally more jobs.

State	Metro Area	Jobs	Mean Salary	Popularity Index
Alabama	Birmingham	80	$42,060	0.45
Alabama	Huntsville	320	$53,290	4.7
Alabama	Montgomery	50	$50,700	0.88
Alaska	Anchorage	50		0.91
Arizona	Phoenix	660	$57,210	0.99
Arizona	Tucson	100	$65,680	0.79
Arkansas	Fayetteville	110	$34,050	1.83
Arkansas	Little Rock	80	$48,150	0.69
California	Fresno	90	$57,050	0.78
California	Los Angeles	1,630	$70,570	1.09
California	Oakland	440	$72,620	1.17
California	Oxnard	210	$69,690	1.97
California	Riverside	150	$61,480	0.32
California	Sacramento	310	$59,300	0.95
California	Salinas	50	$51,280	0.93
California	San Diego	720	$62,780	1.51
California	San Francisco	670	$84,390	1.93
California	San Jose	1,370	$88,630	4.21
California	Santa Ana	700	$63,730	1.25
California	Santa Barbara	60	$68,000	1.02
California	Santa Cruz	50	$62,390	1.8
California	Santa Rosa	40	$63,860	0.59
Colorado	Boulder	180	$70,260	3.71
Colorado	Colorado Springs	340	$53,010	3.94
Colorado	Denver	660	$63,060	1.51
Colorado	Fort Collins	80	$53,530	2.02
Connecticut	Bridgeport	190	$65,940	1.23
Connecticut	Danbury	30	$59,890	1.39
Connecticut	Hartford	180	$56,280	0.91
Connecticut	New Haven	70	$62,220	0.72
Connecticut	Norwich	180	$58,940	4.42
Delaware	Wilmington	110	$57,920	0.94
District of Columbia	Washington	2,430	$65,610	2.89
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	160	$54,120	0.6
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	40	$55,880	1.55
Florida	Gainesville	60	$41,180	1.58
Florida	Jacksonville	70	$51,350	0.33
Florida	Miami	220	$52,640	0.63
Florida	Orlando	340	$55,750	0.9
Florida	Palm Bay	120	$53,460	1.74
Florida	Pensacola	30	$40,090	0.56
Florida	Sarasota	50	$54,500	0.49
Florida	Tallahassee	40	$51,330	0.73
Florida	Tampa	390	$66,100	0.88
Florida	West Palm Beach	110	$55,770	0.56
Georgia	Atlanta	830	$60,940	0.97
Georgia	Columbus	150	$49,620	4.18
Georgia	Warner Robins	60	$48,040	4.25
Hawaii	Honolulu	70	$73,000	0.47
Idaho	Boise	320	$53,660	3.75
Idaho	Idaho Falls	70	$52,250	5.23
Illinois	Champaign	50	$46,680	1.77
Illinois	Chicago	700	$63,380	0.51
Illinois	Rockford	30	$54,880	0.59
Illinois	Waukegan	200	$56,800	1.56
Indiana	Fort Wayne	70	$52,710	0.95
Indiana	Indianapolis	280	$56,210	0.88
Iowa	Davenport	100	$51,500	1.58
Kansas	Wichita	170	$48,500	1.77
Kentucky	Lexington	100	$41,890	1.23
Kentucky	Louisville	80	$46,440	0.38
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	50	$60,460	0.4
Louisiana	New Orleans	40	$51,140	0.25
Maryland	Baltimore	710	$59,640	1.53
Maryland	Bethesda	800	$64,790	3.99
Massachusetts	Boston	1,450	$68,600	2.41
Massachusetts	Framingham	350	$77,570	6.78
Massachusetts	Lowell	210	$69,700	5.19
Massachusetts	Lynn	40	$67,980	1.32
Massachusetts	Springfield	70	$51,950	0.67
Massachusetts	Worcester	140	$66,890	1.61
Michigan	Ann Arbor	50	$53,140	0.86
Michigan	Detroit	450	$62,430	1.78
Michigan	Grand Rapids	70	$59,650	0.51
Michigan	Kalamazoo	100	$64,740	2.15
Michigan	Lansing	40	$46,410	0.63
Michigan	Niles	50	$58,280	2.65
Michigan	Warren	600	$60,910	1.39
Minnesota	Minneapolis	810	$58,530	1.24
Missouri	Kansas City	570	$56,730	1.58
Missouri	St Louis	290	$52,230	0.62
Nebraska	Lincoln	60	$40,500	1.14
Nebraska	Omaha	110	$50,590	0.69
Nevada	Las Vegas	170	$62,870	0.51
Nevada	Reno	50	$72,850	0.7
New Hampshire	Manchester	40	$66,720	1.21
New Hampshire	Nashua	110	$73,990	2.45
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	40	$63,130	2.34
New Jersey	Camden	150	$68,470	0.77
New Jersey	Edison	600	$69,640	1.62
New Jersey	Newark	350	$63,660	0.96
New Jersey	Trenton	110	$64,970	1.39
New Mexico	Albuquerque	170	$50,440	1.29
New York	Albany	120	$54,200	0.77
New York	Binghamton	100	$43,460	2.86
New York	Buffalo	80	$63,150	0.42
New York	Nassau	210	$62,940	0.47
New York	New York	1,300	$73,960	0.72
New York	Rochester	260	$46,420	1.49
New York	Syracuse	100	$50,510	0.9
New York	Utica	40	$49,390	0.94
North Carolina	Charlotte	140	$59,460	0.48
North Carolina	Durham	250	$55,900	2.94
North Carolina	Greensboro	70	$56,610	0.54
North Carolina	Raleigh	330	$62,260	1.93
Ohio	Akron	70	$53,890	0.59
Ohio	Cincinnati	240	$53,660	0.64
Ohio	Cleveland	520	$45,200	1.34
Ohio	Columbus	170	$59,110	0.53
Ohio	Dayton	250	$49,400	1.74
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	170	$42,220	0.85
Oregon	Corvallis	40	$43,870	5.53
Oregon	Portland	490	$64,780	1.37
Pennsylvania	Allentown	50	$61,440	0.43
Pennsylvania	Erie	30	$43,770	0.71
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	50	$49,350	0.49
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	840	$59,270	1.23
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	290	$51,980	0.72
Pennsylvania	Reading	40	$48,810	0.72
Pennsylvania	State College	40	$52,160	2.36
Rhode Island	Providence	180		0.91
South Carolina	Charleston	80	$55,390	0.82
South Carolina	Columbia	40	$45,080	0.33
South Carolina	Greenville	80	$47,780	0.77
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	30	$39,170	0.69
Tennessee	Knoxville	130	$45,730	1.14
Tennessee	Memphis	100	$54,140	0.46
Tennessee	Nashville	130	$38,450	0.49
Texas	Austin	420	$54,820	1.65
Texas	College Station	50	$56,100	2.16
Texas	Dallas	1,010	$58,170	1.39
Texas	El Paso	70	$51,420	0.84
Texas	Fort Worth	360	$68,940	1.25
Texas	Houston	930	$51,900	1.08
Texas	San Antonio	280	$49,980	1
Utah	Ogden	80	$47,810	1.32
Utah	Salt Lake City	510	$57,290	2.39
Vermont	Burlington	70	$49,910	2.02
Virginia	Richmond	200	$58,680	0.92
Virginia	Virginia Beach	370	$65,350	1.36
Washington	Kennewick	90	$64,940	3.29
Washington	Seattle	1,360	$74,310	2.81
Washington	Spokane	40	$50,810	0.57
Wisconsin	Appleton	30	$45,590	0.82
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	40	$57,120	1.64
Wisconsin	Madison	150	$50,620	1.33
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	370	$51,770	1.21

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