Re: tech writer salary / wage trends [Re: STC certification: what's in it for tech writers?]

[Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com>]

Numbers never lie, however they are by nature extremely malleable. ;)

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Lynne Wright
<Lynne -dot- Wright -at- tiburoninc -dot- com> wrote:
> But consider situations such as mine, where my salary hasn't budged, but due to layoffs, my workload has doubled.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> A salary that rises almost as fast as inflation, with a differential of
> $33/year? I'm not even slightly disappointed; I'm grateful and relieved.
>
> Well, I wouldn't call the results alarming, just slightly disappointing.
> :-}
>
> According to Wolfram Alpha the "all items" inflation from 2000-2010
> totaled 29.85%. That works out to an annual rate of about 2.6%. The
> median wage for tech writers grew 2% per year (2001-2009). So the median
> tech writer lost about $33 per year (0.6% of ~$55,000) in purchasing
> power.
>


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