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In the metro DC area, $65/hour for tech writing (without a programming
background) isn't unreasonably high.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Lewis
> Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 4:47 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Contractor Rates
>
> I recently reviewed the rates for all W2, 1099, and CORP
> Tech Writer contract jobs on Dice.com with a rate range
> given. Currently about fifty of the 389 such jobs on Dice
> give a rate range. Of these, there are a good number of
> $22-29 per hour jobs, a good number of $30-39 per hour jobs,
> and a smaller number of $40 -50 per hour jobs. I counted a
> total of three TW jobs that pay above $50 per hour (and one
> of them required someone with a programming background).
>
> In the San Francisco/Silicon Valley area, six of the seven
> jobs that I found have a pay rate pay of from $25 to $45 per
> hour. The seventh paid $65 per hour...
>
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