Technical Writers Career

Vocational Programs for Technical Writers Career

Total Employees	Hourly Wage	Annual Wage
48K	$41.64	$86,620

The role of Technical Writers is to write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work. The average annual wage of the occupations is $86,620 and $42 per hour. 7 vocational programs could be taken for the Technical Writers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 47,970 employees were employed in the Occupation.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Technical Writers Career

The following 7 vocational programs are required or helpful to prepare Technical Writers.

The tuition, program length, and completion time program information is average amounts over all schools that offer each program. This information is only for vocational programs (i.e. certificate programs) and not for bachelor's or graduate degrees.

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Technical Writers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Technical and Scientific Communication	5	-	-	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication	1	-	-	-	-
Writing	15	-	-	-	-
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing	86	-	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications	11	-	-	-	-
Grantsmanship	1	-	-	-	-
Business/Corporate Communications, Other	1	-	-	-	-

2024 Average Tuition and Completion Information for Preparing Technical Writers

Program Name

Number of Schools

Tuition & Fees

Books & Supplies

Program Lengths

Avg. Completion Time

Technical and Scientific Communication

Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Communication

Writing

Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing

Business/Corporate Communications

Grantsmanship

Business/Corporate Communications, Other

Schools offering voational programs for Technical Writers

The following 118 schools offer the vocational programs and courses for preparing Technical Writers. The list includes some 4-year colleges that have certificate or associate programs for the career.