The Top Metro Areas for Technical Writers
The map below shows some metro areas where the profession is more popular, compared to the size of the population, than in the rest of the country. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the US.
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Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2006) for:
Technical Writers
Listed below are US metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Technical Writers relative to the population of the city, as of 2006.
A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
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| Metro Area | Jobs | Salary
(2006) | Relative
Popularity |
|---|
ALABAMA | | | |
| Huntsville | 320 | $53,290 | 4.7 |
| Montgomery | 50 | $50,700 | 0.9 |
| Birmingham | 80 | $42,060 | 0.4 |
ALASKA | | | |
| Anchorage | 50 | | 0.9 |
ARIZONA | | | |
| Phoenix | 660 | $57,210 | 1 |
| Tucson | 100 | $65,680 | 0.8 |
ARKANSAS | | | |
| Fayetteville | 110 | $34,050 | 1.8 |
| Little Rock | 80 | $48,150 | 0.7 |
CALIFORNIA | | | |
| San Jose | 1,370 | $88,630 | 4.2 |
| Oxnard | 210 | $69,690 | 2 |
| San Francisco | 670 | $84,390 | 1.9 |
| Santa Cruz | 50 | $62,390 | 1.8 |
| San Diego | 720 | $62,780 | 1.5 |
| Santa Ana | 700 | $63,730 | 1.3 |
| Oakland | 440 | $72,620 | 1.2 |
| Los Angeles | 1,630 | $70,570 | 1.1 |
| Santa Barbara | 60 | $68,000 | 1 |
| Sacramento | 310 | $59,300 | 0.9 |
| Salinas | 50 | $51,280 | 0.9 |
| Fresno | 90 | $57,050 | 0.8 |
| Santa Rosa | 40 | $63,860 | 0.6 |
| Riverside | 150 | $61,480 | 0.3 |
COLORADO | | | |
| Colorado Springs | 340 | $53,010 | 3.9 |
| Boulder | 180 | $70,260 | 3.7 |
| Fort Collins | 80 | $53,530 | 2 |
| Denver | 660 | $63,060 | 1.5 |
CONNECTICUT | | | |
| Norwich | 180 | $58,940 | 4.4 |
| Danbury | 30 | $59,890 | 1.4 |
| Bridgeport | 190 | $65,940 | 1.2 |
| Hartford | 180 | $56,280 | 0.9 |
| New Haven | 70 | $62,220 | 0.7 |
DELAWARE | | | |
| Wilmington | 110 | $57,920 | 0.9 |
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | | | |
| Washington | 2,430 | $65,610 | 2.9 |
FLORIDA | | | |
| Palm Bay | 120 | $53,460 | 1.7 |
| Gainesville | 60 | $41,180 | 1.6 |
| Fort Walton Beach | 40 | $55,880 | 1.5 |
| Orlando | 340 | $55,750 | 0.9 |
| Tampa | 390 | $66,100 | 0.9 |
| Tallahassee | 40 | $51,330 | 0.7 |
| Miami | 220 | $52,640 | 0.6 |
| Fort Lauderdale | 160 | $54,120 | 0.6 |
| Pensacola | 30 | $40,090 | 0.6 |
| West Palm Beach | 110 | $55,770 | 0.6 |
| Sarasota | 50 | $54,500 | 0.5 |
| Jacksonville | 70 | $51,350 | 0.3 |
GEORGIA | | | |
| Warner Robins | 60 | $48,040 | 4.2 |
| Columbus | 150 | $49,620 | 4.2 |
| Atlanta | 830 | $60,940 | 1 |
HAWAII | | | |
| Honolulu | 70 | $73,000 | 0.5 |
IDAHO | | | |
| Idaho Falls | 70 | $52,250 | 5.2 |
| Boise | 320 | $53,660 | 3.8 |
ILLINOIS | | | |
| Champaign | 50 | $46,680 | 1.8 |
| Waukegan | 200 | $56,800 | 1.6 |
| Rockford | 30 | $54,880 | 0.6 |
| Chicago | 700 | $63,380 | 0.5 |
INDIANA | | | |
| Fort Wayne | 70 | $52,710 | 0.9 |
| Indianapolis | 280 | $56,210 | 0.9 |
IOWA | | | |
| Davenport | 100 | $51,500 | 1.6 |
KANSAS | | | |
| Wichita | 170 | $48,500 | 1.8 |
KENTUCKY | | | |
| Lexington | 100 | $41,890 | 1.2 |
| Louisville | 80 | $46,440 | 0.4 |
LOUISIANA | | | |
| Baton Rouge | 50 | $60,460 | 0.4 |
| New Orleans | 40 | $51,140 | 0.3 |
MARYLAND | | | |
| Bethesda | 800 | $64,790 | 4 |
| Baltimore | 710 | $59,640 | 1.5 |
MASSACHUSETTS | | | |
| Framingham | 350 | $77,570 | 6.8 |
| Lowell | 210 | $69,700 | 5.2 |
| Boston | 1,450 | $68,600 | 2.4 |
| Worcester | 140 | $66,890 | 1.6 |
| Lynn | 40 | $67,980 | 1.3 |
| Springfield | 70 | $51,950 | 0.7 |
MICHIGAN | | | |
| Niles | 50 | $58,280 | 2.7 |
| Kalamazoo | 100 | $64,740 | 2.2 |
| Detroit | 450 | $62,430 | 1.8 |
| Warren | 600 | $60,910 | 1.4 |
| Ann Arbor | 50 | $53,140 | 0.9 |
| Lansing | 40 | $46,410 | 0.6 |
| Grand Rapids | 70 | $59,650 | 0.5 |
MINNESOTA | | | |
| Minneapolis | 810 | $58,530 | 1.2 |
MISSOURI | | | |
| Kansas City | 570 | $56,730 | 1.6 |
| St. Louis | 290 | $52,230 | 0.6 |
NEBRASKA | | | |
| Lincoln | 60 | $40,500 | 1.1 |
| Omaha | 110 | $50,590 | 0.7 |
NEVADA | | | |
| Reno | 50 | $72,850 | 0.7 |
| Las Vegas | 170 | $62,870 | 0.5 |
NEW HAMPSHIRE | | | |
| Nashua | 110 | $73,990 | 2.4 |
| Portsmouth | 40 | $63,130 | 2.3 |
| Manchester | 40 | $66,720 | 1.2 |
NEW JERSEY | | | |
| Edison | 600 | $69,640 | 1.6 |
| Trenton | 110 | $64,970 | 1.4 |
| Newark | 350 | $63,660 | 1 |
| Camden | 150 | $68,470 | 0.8 |
NEW MEXICO | | | |
| Albuquerque | 170 | $50,440 | 1.3 |
NEW YORK | | | |
| Binghamton | 100 | $43,460 | 2.9 |
| Rochester | 260 | $46,420 | 1.5 |
| Utica | 40 | $49,390 | 0.9 |
| Syracuse | 100 | $50,510 | 0.9 |
| Albany | 120 | $54,200 | 0.8 |
| New York | 1,300 | $73,960 | 0.7 |
| Nassau | 210 | $62,940 | 0.5 |
| Buffalo | 80 | $63,150 | 0.4 |
NORTH CAROLINA | | | |
| Durham | 250 | $55,900 | 2.9 |
| Raleigh | 330 | $62,260 | 1.9 |
| Greensboro | 70 | $56,610 | 0.5 |
| Charlotte | 140 | $59,460 | 0.5 |
OHIO | | | |
| Dayton | 250 | $49,400 | 1.7 |
| Cleveland | 520 | $45,200 | 1.3 |
| Cincinnati | 240 | $53,660 | 0.6 |
| Akron | 70 | $53,890 | 0.6 |
| Columbus | 170 | $59,110 | 0.5 |
OKLAHOMA | | | |
| Oklahoma City | 170 | $42,220 | 0.9 |
OREGON | | | |
| Corvallis | 40 | $43,870 | 5.5 |
| Portland | 490 | $64,780 | 1.4 |
PENNSYLVANIA | | | |
| State College | 40 | $52,160 | 2.4 |
| Philadelphia | 840 | $59,270 | 1.2 |
| Reading | 40 | $48,810 | 0.7 |
| Pittsburgh | 290 | $51,980 | 0.7 |
| Erie | 30 | $43,770 | 0.7 |
| Harrisburg | 50 | $49,350 | 0.5 |
| Allentown | 50 | $61,440 | 0.4 |
RHODE ISLAND | | | |
| Providence | 180 | | 0.9 |
SOUTH CAROLINA | | | |
| Charleston | 80 | $55,390 | 0.8 |
| Greenville | 80 | $47,780 | 0.8 |
| Columbia | 40 | $45,080 | 0.3 |
SOUTH DAKOTA | | | |
| Sioux Falls | 30 | $39,170 | 0.7 |
TENNESSEE | | | |
| Knoxville | 130 | $45,730 | 1.1 |
| Nashville | 130 | $38,450 | 0.5 |
| Memphis | 100 | $54,140 | 0.5 |
TEXAS | | | |
| College Station | 50 | $56,100 | 2.2 |
| Austin | 420 | $54,820 | 1.7 |
| Dallas | 1,010 | $58,170 | 1.4 |
| Fort Worth | 360 | $68,940 | 1.3 |
| Houston | 930 | $51,900 | 1.1 |
| San Antonio | 280 | $49,980 | 1 |
| El Paso | 70 | $51,420 | 0.8 |
UTAH | | | |
| Salt Lake City | 510 | $57,290 | 2.4 |
| Ogden | 80 | $47,810 | 1.3 |
VERMONT | | | |
| Burlington | 70 | $49,910 | 2 |
VIRGINIA | | | |
| Virginia Beach | 370 | $65,350 | 1.4 |
| Richmond | 200 | $58,680 | 0.9 |
WASHINGTON | | | |
| Kennewick | 90 | $64,940 | 3.3 |
| Seattle | 1,360 | $74,310 | 2.8 |
| Spokane | 40 | $50,810 | 0.6 |
WISCONSIN | | | |
| Eau Claire | 40 | $57,120 | 1.6 |
| Madison | 150 | $50,620 | 1.3 |
| Milwaukee | 370 | $51,770 | 1.2 |
| Appleton | 30 | $45,590 | 0.8 |
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