Mid-level Technical Writer salary in New York, NY

Based on 20 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Jersey City, North Brunswick, Brooklyn, Lyndhurst, South Hackensack.

Also listed as: Technical Writer Technical

Median salary$81,766
Middle 50%$73.8k–$119.3k
vs. all levels here−14%comparison median $95,000
Filings20FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $68,619 and $235,092.
PercentileSalary
10th$68,619
25th$73,819
50th (median)$81,766
75th$119,287
90th$141,685

Salary by year

Median salary

$60k $80k $100k FY2022: median $75,000 (19 filings) FY2023: median $85,116 (14 filings) FY2024: median $89,000 (10 filings) FY2025: median $88,775 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 6 filings FY20 FY2021: 4 filings FY21 FY2022: 19 filings FY22 FY2023: 14 filings FY23 FY2024: 10 filings FY24 FY2025: 14 filings FY25 FY2026: 6 filings FY26 19
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––6
FY2021–––4
FY2022$75,000$72,363$85,70819
FY2023$85,116$75,941$98,17414
FY2024$89,000$83,650$108,46810
FY2025$88,775$75,250$119,28714
FY2026–––6

Cost of living

New York's median mid-level Technical Writer salary of $81,766 is worth about $72,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Technical Writers in the New York, NY area earned a median of $111,050 in May 2025 (2,170 employed). The H-1B median here is $81,766, 26% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Amazontoo few3

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $54,080 16
Mid-level · Level II $81,766 20
Senior · Level III $99,377 14
Expert · Level IV $142,152 19

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$52,520$54,08016
Mid-level · Level II$73,757$81,76620
Senior · Level III$90,022$99,37714
Expert · Level IV$111,446$142,15219

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.