{
 "name": "aitrainingjobsforwriters.com Writer Pay Benchmark",
 "title": "Writer Pay Benchmark",
 "url": "https://aitrainingjobsforwriters.com/datasets/writer-pay-benchmark/",
 "csv": "https://aitrainingjobsforwriters.com/datasets/writer-pay-benchmark.csv",
 "markdown": "https://aitrainingjobsforwriters.com/datasets/writer-pay-benchmark/index.md",
 "computed_at": "2026-10-12",
 "license": "https://aitrainingjobsforwriters.com/terms",
 "headline": "The Writer Pay Benchmark carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 36.98 to 43.46 USD, read 8 October 2026.",
 "quotes": [
  "The Writer Pay Benchmark carries 2 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 36.98 to 43.46 USD, read 8 October 2026.",
  "0 of 2 named sources publish no figure; 2 do, read 8 October 2026.",
  "Writer Pay Benchmark, occupation writers-and-authors: median 36.98 USD across 1 source, read 8 October 2026.",
  "Writer Pay Benchmark, occupation technical-writers: median 43.46 USD across 1 source, read 8 October 2026."
 ],
 "citation": "\"aitrainingjobsforwriters.com Writer Pay Benchmark\", updated 2026-10-12, https://aitrainingjobsforwriters.com/datasets/writer-pay-benchmark/.",
 "changed_since": null,
 "national": {
  "unit": "USD",
  "n": 2,
  "median": 40.22,
  "min": 36.98,
  "max": 43.46,
  "p25": null,
  "p75": null,
  "mean": 40.22,
  "units": {
   "USD": 2
  },
  "published_sources": 2,
  "named_sources": 4,
  "read_sources": 2,
  "not_published": 0,
  "published_share": 1
 },
 "by_axis": {
  "occupation": {
   "writers-and-authors": {
    "USD": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 36.98,
     "min": 36.98,
     "max": 36.98,
     "p25": 36.98,
     "p75": 36.98,
     "mean": 36.98
    }
   },
   "technical-writers": {
    "USD": {
     "n": 1,
     "median": 43.46,
     "min": 43.46,
     "max": 43.46,
     "p25": 43.46,
     "p75": 43.46,
     "mean": 43.46
    }
   }
  }
 },
 "rows": [
  {
   "source": "BLS OOH, writers and authors (2025 median pay)",
   "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/writers-and-authors.htm",
   "figure": "$36.98 ",
   "value": 36.98,
   "unit": "USD",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "occupation": "writers-and-authors"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08",
   "quote": "$36.98 per hour",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "6e0b3e0d5be8a207b7a9ee1fc30bd00770171878eea5573a4f9215db9f511c46"
  },
  {
   "source": "BLS OOH, technical writers (2025 median pay)",
   "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/technical-writers.htm",
   "figure": "$43.46 ",
   "value": 43.46,
   "unit": "USD",
   "vat": null,
   "axis": {
    "occupation": "technical-writers"
   },
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-08",
   "quote": "$43.46 per hour",
   "source_class": "primary-government",
   "text_sha256": "8b0e94947ba525e7de6955cab98e620d0caf2216342bd02f24d682375e242704"
  }
 ],
 "not_published": [],
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/writers-and-authors.htm",
   "label": "BLS OOH, writers and authors (2025 median pay)",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.bls.gov/ooh/media-and-communication/technical-writers.htm",
   "label": "BLS OOH, technical writers (2025 median pay)",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/datasets/occupation4digitsoc2010ashetable14",
   "label": "ONS, ASHE table 14 (occupation by 4-digit SOC)",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/earningsandworkinghours/bulletins/annualsurveyofhoursandearnings/2025",
   "label": "ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2025 (bulletin)",
   "license": "reproduced for comment; publisher's terms"
  }
 ],
 "methodology": "Each figure comes from a sentence on the source's own page, copied word for word on the date given and tied to a fingerprint of that page so the read can be checked later. Of 2 named sources we could open, 2 state a usable figure and 0 state none; those are listed as silent rather than estimated. 2 could not be opened at all and play no part. The median, range and quartiles use one figure per source in USD, taking a source's own median where it gives several, so the count is of sources and not sentences. A reviewer rejected 11 candidate sentence(s), each with a written reason. Where this dataset is heading next (the figures above are still each source's own published number): the official median pay for writers and authors (SOC 27-3043) and technical writers (27-3042) from BLS, and the matching UK SOC from ONS ASHE, beside the platform index; the ratio of platform pay to the day job",
 "embed": "<figure style=\"margin:0;padding:20px 22px;border-left:4px solid #0f766e;background:#ffffff;color:#0f172a;font-family:Georgia,serif;max-width:440px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 6px;font-size:32px;font-weight:600;color:#0f172a;background:#ffffff\">36.98 to 43.46 USD</p><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:15px;line-height:1.4;color:#334155;background:#ffffff\">2 published figures, Writer Pay Benchmark, across 2 sources, read 8 October 2026</p><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#475569;background:#ffffff\"><a href=\"https://aitrainingjobsforwriters.com/datasets/writer-pay-benchmark/#median\" style=\"color:#0f766e;background:#ffffff\">Data: aitrainingjobsforwriters.com Writer Pay Benchmark</a></figcaption></figure>"
}