Skip to content
uswages .org

Average Technical Writers Salary in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT

Technical Writers in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT earn a median annual salary of $100,650, which is +11.4% compared to the national median. There are 130 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT (metro area).

$100,650
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT median annual wage
$48/hour median
+11.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $90,390
130
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
3.64
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$67,810
25th
$83,220
Median
$100,650
75th
$108,570
90th
$127,830

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
100.4%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$100,204
Goods: 97.3%
Services: 148.6%
Rents: 93.7%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $140,700 Compare 920
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $135,470 Compare 1,020
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $129,590 Compare 40
Kennewick-Richland, WA $119,160 Compare 80
Trenton-Princeton, NJ $117,130 Compare 100
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $111,750 Compare 1,590

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Cardiologists $514,290 2.19
Emergency Medicine Physicians $448,470 2.91
Physicians, All Other $377,580 0.48
General Internal Medicine Physicians $256,790 1.16
Chief Executives $250,670 0.52
Pediatricians, General $219,350 4.32
Natural Sciences Managers $217,480 3.36
Podiatrists $184,090 N/A

Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT has salary data for 347 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Cardiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Technical Writers in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Technical Writers are projected to change by +0.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 4,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.