Record · Occupation
Technical Writing and Editing
The Technical Writing and Editing series had 805 federal civilian employees in August 2026, according to OPM.
The Office of Personnel Management publishes a salary for 296 of them, 36.8%, and the median of those is $129,816: a figure about fewer than half of them.
Technical Writing and Editing, August 2026
- 805
- Employees
- 296
- Salary published
- 36.8% of them. Every pay figure here divides by this.
- 508
- Salary withheld
- 63.1%, under OPM's own release policy.
- 1
- Neither withheld nor averaged
- Paid hourly, per diem or on another basis, or with no pay recorded. Not withheld, and not in the median.
- $129,816
- Median salary
- Annual rate, over those paid per annum. It excludes overtime, awards and bonuses.
A tenth of published salaries are under $89,618 and a tenth over $166,776.
Technical Writing and Editing, from September 2015 to August 2026
A point a year and the most recent months, which is what the file this page reads keeps. The share with a published salary is beside each, because a change in the median can be a change in whose pay is withheld. A month OPM flags as incomplete is marked provisional.
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| Month | Employees | Salary published |
|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | 1,138 | 43.0% |
| September 2016 | 1,163 | 43.0% |
| September 2017 | 1,131 | 42.0% |
| September 2018 | 1,088 | 41.9% |
| September 2019 | 1,046 | 40.3% |
| September 2020 | 1,037 | 40.7% |
| September 2021 | 1,045 | 40.8% |
| September 2022 | 1,060 | 42.2% |
| September 2023 | 1,083 | 44.0% |
| September 2024 | 1,124 | 43.0% |
| September 2025 | 995 | 38.3% |
| June 2026 (provisional) | 823 | 37.5% |
| July 2026 (provisional) | 811 | 37.2% |
| August 2026 | 805 | 36.8% |
How the federal salary figures are made
Sources
- OPM Federal Workforce Data — Federal Employment Raw Data (EHRI Status) — U.S. Office of Personnel Management · Public domain — U.S. Government work · retrieved October 9, 2026
Compiled automatically from OPM Federal Workforce Data — Federal Employment Raw Data (EHRI Status) by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built
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