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What technical writers make

Typical

$75,000

Junior

$56,000

Senior or lead

$111,000

Job Bank's national median is $36.06 an hour, about $75,000 a year full time. The floor here is higher than most writing careers: even the low end is $27.00 an hour. British Columbia is highest at $43.27, Quebec at $41.54.