Technical Author Salary in Louisiana

How much does a Technical Author make in Louisiana?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Technical Author in Louisiana is $91,065 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $44.

However, a Technical Author's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $97,063
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $81,739 to $94,204
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $73,248

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Technical Author Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$94,204	$7,850	$1,812	$45
Average	$91,065	$7,589	$1,751	$44
25th Percentile	$81,739	$6,812	$1,572	$39

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Key Factors That Influence Technical Author Salaries

A Technical Author's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Technical Author Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Technical Author's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $60,783
Early Career (1-2 years): $73,053
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $91,712
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $107,530
Expert (over 8 years): $101,742

Levels	Salary
Technical... Level Technical Author	$60,783
Technical... Level Technical Author	$73,053
Technical... Level Technical Author	$91,712
Technical... Level Technical Author	$107,530
Technical... Level Technical Author	$101,742

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How Do Technical Author Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Technical Authors. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $106,044.
California: $105,642.
Massachusetts: $104,234.

District of Columbia $106,044 California $105,642 Massachusetts $104,234 Washington $103,851 New Jersey $103,813 Alaska $103,679 Connecticut $102,357 New York $101,821

Hawaii $100,106 Rhode Island $99,302 Maryland $98,756 Minnesota $98,009 Colorado $97,721 Illinois $97,625 Oregon $97,262 Delaware $96,993

New Hampshire $96,825 Virginia $96,447 Pennsylvania $95,346 Nevada $94,790 North Dakota $94,609 Michigan $94,321 Wisconsin $94,216 Vermont $94,005

Texas $93,421 Maine $93,383 Arizona $93,325 Ohio $93,258 Georgia $92,377 Indiana $91,936 Wyoming $91,850 Utah $91,716

Iowa $91,659 Kansas $91,199 Louisiana $91,065 North Carolina $91,017 Missouri $90,998 Florida $90,624 Montana $90,423 Nebraska $90,232

Kentucky $90,126 South Carolina $89,743 Tennessee $89,504 Idaho $89,408 New Mexico $88,709 Oklahoma $88,555 Alabama $87,990 South Dakota $87,042

Arkansas $86,525 West Virginia $86,247 Mississippi $85,414

Top Paying Cities for Technical Authors

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Moreauville: $85,832
Morrow: $85,692
Newellton: $84,831

Moreauville, LA $85,832 Morrow, LA $85,692 Newellton, LA $84,831 Palmetto, LA $86,359 Pineville, LA $83,901 Plaucheville, LA $85,782 Rhinehart, LA $84,918 Ruby, LA $84,057

Saint Joseph, LA $84,912 Saint Landry, LA $84,922 Sicily Island, LA $84,947 Simmesport, LA $85,877 Trout, LA $84,470 Vidalia, LA $85,302 Waterproof, LA $84,902 Wildsville, LA $85,096

Wisner, LA $84,939 Aimwell, LA $84,794 Anacoco, LA $85,501 Atlanta, LA $85,050 Ball, LA $84,007 Belmont, LA $85,593 Bentley, LA $84,237 Boyce, LA $84,244

Calvin, LA $85,301 Campti, LA $85,441 Clarence, LA $85,542 Clarks, LA $84,983 Cloutierville, LA $85,010 Colfax, LA $84,380 Columbia, LA $84,692 Converse, LA $85,880

Dodson, LA $85,015 Dry Prong, LA $84,425 Elmer, LA $84,286 Enterprise, LA $84,782 Fisher, LA $85,633 Flatwoods, LA $84,713 Flora, LA $85,418 Florien, LA $85,408

Forest Hill, LA $84,185 Gardner, LA $84,239 Georgetown, LA $84,705 Glenmora, LA $84,433 Gorum, LA $85,041 Grayson, LA $84,702 Hineston, LA $84,714 Hornbeck, LA $85,500

Joyce, LA $84,822 Kelly, LA $84,741 Kurthwood, LA $85,445 Leesville, LA $85,446 Springfield, LA $88,560 Sun, LA $86,921 Talisheek, LA $87,178 Tangipahoa, LA $87,199

Tickfaw, LA $87,916 Varnado, LA $85,331 Lafayette, LA $86,563 Arcadia, LA $85,439 Ashland, LA $85,641 Athens, LA $85,653 Belcher, LA $87,429 Benton, LA $87,490

Bethany, LA $87,409 Bienville, LA $85,439 Blanchard, LA $87,811 Castor, LA $85,877 Cotton Valley, LA $86,880 Coushatta, LA $86,059 Cullen, LA $86,458 Doyline, LA $87,299

Dubberly, LA $86,764 Frierson, LA $87,413 Gibsland, LA $85,826 Gilliam, LA $87,150 Gloster, LA $87,223 Goldonna, LA $85,147 Grand Cane, LA $86,943 Greenwood, LA $87,528

Hall Summit, LA $86,642 Haughton, LA $87,538 Haynesville, LA $85,469 Heflin, LA $86,950 Homer, LA $85,524 Hosston, LA $86,925 Ida, LA $86,720 Jamestown, LA $86,510

Keatchie, LA $87,061 Keithville, LA $87,476 Lisbon, LA $85,055 Logansport, LA $86,581 Longstreet, LA $86,798 Elm Grove, LA $87,302 Mansfield, LA $86,683 Minden, LA $86,852

Mooringsport, LA $87,462 Oil City, LA $87,221 Pelican, LA $85,985 Plain Dealing, LA $86,901 Pleasant Hill, LA $85,747 Powhatan, LA $85,728 Princeton, LA $87,401 Ringgold, LA $86,809

Rodessa, LA $86,544 Saline, LA $85,327 Sarepta, LA $86,626 Shongaloo, LA $86,067 Sibley, LA $87,034 Springhill, LA $86,431 Stonewall, LA $87,521 Vivian, LA $86,966

Ruston, LA $85,030 Simsboro, LA $85,348 Prairieville, LA $90,202 Lacassine, LA $88,109 Leblanc, LA $87,287 Longville, LA $87,475 Merryville, LA $86,675 Mittie, LA $85,908

Oberlin, LA $85,894 Pitkin, LA $85,480 Ragley, LA $87,988 Reeves, LA $87,771 Rosepine, LA $85,939 Singer, LA $87,692 Starks, LA $88,267 Sugartown, LA $85,718

Sulphur, LA $88,519 Vinton, LA $88,578 Westlake, LA $88,713 Baker, LA $90,897 Denham Springs, LA $89,980 Gonzales, LA $89,747 Addis, LA $90,951 Albany, LA $88,587

Angola, LA $86,815 Batchelor, LA $87,326 Brittany, LA $89,738 Brusly, LA $90,918 Carville, LA $90,197 Clinton, LA $88,881 Convent, LA $88,805 Darrow, LA $89,412

Duplessis, LA $90,097 Erwinville, LA $90,471 Ethel, LA $89,448 Fordoche, LA $88,652 French Settlement, LA $89,519 Geismar, LA $89,889 Glynn, LA $90,249 Burnside, LA $89,867

Greenwell Springs, LA $90,250 Grosse Tete, LA $89,816 Hester, LA $88,446 Holden, LA $88,928 Innis, LA $86,747 Jackson, LA $89,312 Jarreau, LA $89,697 Krotz Springs, LA $86,951

Lakeland, LA $90,053 Lettsworth, LA $87,786 Livingston, LA $89,453 Livonia, LA $89,234 Lottie, LA $88,039 Maringouin, LA $89,121 Morganza, LA $88,425 New Roads, LA $89,168

Norwood, LA $88,276 Oscar, LA $89,803 Paulina, LA $88,602 Plaquemine, LA $90,137 Port Allen, LA $90,922 Hahnville, LA $90,199 Harvey, LA $91,285 Kenner, LA $91,284

Lafitte, LA $90,937 La Place, LA $89,912 Luling, LA $90,892 Lutcher, LA $88,778 Marrero, LA $91,285 Meraux, LA $91,285 Mount Airy, LA $89,068 New Sarpy, LA $90,661

Norco, LA $90,448 Paradis, LA $90,396 Pilottown, LA $86,590 Pointe A La Hache, LA $89,457 Port Sulphur, LA $89,391 Reserve, LA $89,453 Saint Bernard, LA $90,370 Saint James, LA $88,766

Saint Rose, LA $90,956 Vacherie, LA $88,871 Venice, LA $85,274 Violet, LA $91,285 Westwego, LA $91,285 New Orleans, LA $91,285 Sondheimer, LA $84,735 Summerfield, LA $84,951

Taylor, LA $86,509 Lena, LA $84,559 Pride, LA $90,134 Rosedale, LA $89,996 Rougon, LA $90,290 Saint Amant, LA $89,136 Saint Francisville, LA $88,729 Saint Gabriel, LA $90,447

Slaughter, LA $89,853 Sorrento, LA $89,180 Sunshine, LA $90,802 Tunica, LA $87,054 Ventress, LA $89,694 Wakefield, LA $88,615 Walker, LA $89,700 Watson, LA $90,271

Weyanoke, LA $87,851 White Castle, LA $89,641 Wilson, LA $88,577 Zachary, LA $90,455 Uncle Sam, LA $88,426 Baton Rouge, LA $90,969 Shreveport, LA $87,866 Barksdale Afb, LA $87,866

Bossier City, LA $87,866 Monroe, LA $84,791 Archibald, LA $84,746 Baskin, LA $84,754 Bastrop, LA $84,776 Bernice, LA $85,119 Bonita, LA $84,837 Calhoun, LA $84,769

Chatham, LA $84,734 Choudrant, LA $84,766 Collinston, LA $84,777 Crowville, LA $84,983 Delhi, LA $84,919 Delta, LA $85,174 Downsville, LA $84,775 Dubach, LA $85,262

Epps, LA $84,885 Eros, LA $84,741 Fairbanks, LA $84,791 Farmerville, LA $84,775 Forest, LA $85,216 Abbeville, LA $86,192 Arnaudville, LA $86,562 Avery Island, LA $86,508

Baldwin, LA $86,969 Basile, LA $86,155 Branch, LA $86,458 Breaux Bridge, LA $86,653 Broussard, LA $86,538 Cade, LA $86,520 Carencro, LA $86,550 Cecilia, LA $86,585

Centerville, LA $86,772 Charenton, LA $87,002 Chataignier, LA $86,159 Church Point, LA $86,444 Crowley, LA $86,349 Delcambre, LA $86,468 Duson, LA $86,508 Egan, LA $86,373

Elton, LA $86,267 Erath, LA $86,439 Estherwood, LA $86,349 Eunice, LA $86,134 Evangeline, LA $86,413 Franklin, LA $86,701 Garden City, LA $86,682 Grand Coteau, LA $86,508

Gueydan, LA $86,201 Iota, LA $86,357 Jeanerette, LA $86,820 Jennings, LA $86,739 Kaplan, LA $86,015 Lake Arthur, LA $87,408 Lawtell, LA $86,356 Leonville, LA $86,544

Loreauville, LA $86,952 Mamou, LA $85,843 Maurice, LA $86,471 Mermentau, LA $86,519 Milton, LA $86,506 Morse, LA $86,365 New Iberia, LA $86,543 Lydia, LA $86,637

Opelousas, LA $86,416 Perry, LA $86,404 Pine Prairie, LA $85,846 Port Barre, LA $86,716 Rayne, LA $86,466 Reddell, LA $85,976 Roanoke, LA $87,112 Saint Martinville, LA $86,630

Scott, LA $86,538 Sunset, LA $86,491 Turkey Creek, LA $84,824 Ville Platte, LA $85,672 Washington, LA $86,293 Welsh, LA $87,656 Youngsville, LA $86,505 Lake Charles, LA $88,709

Metairie, LA $91,285 Des Allemands, LA $90,208 Ama, LA $91,141 Arabi, LA $91,285 Barataria, LA $90,741 Belle Chasse, LA $90,962 Boothville, LA $87,064 Boutte, LA $90,646

Braithwaite, LA $90,888 Buras, LA $87,128 Chalmette, LA $91,285 Destrehan, LA $90,801 Edgard, LA $89,588 Empire, LA $87,728 Garyville, LA $89,074 Gramercy, LA $88,837

Gretna, LA $91,285 Bell City, LA $88,213 Cameron, LA $89,070 Creole, LA $87,038 Dequincy, LA $88,220 Deridder, LA $86,087 Dry Creek, LA $86,166 Elizabeth, LA $85,582

Evans, LA $85,431 Fenton, LA $87,896 Grand Chenier, LA $85,869 Grant, LA $85,669 Hackberry, LA $88,272 Hayes, LA $88,007 Iowa, LA $88,528 Kinder, LA $87,333

Thibodaux, LA $88,529 Pierre Part, LA $88,068 Amelia, LA $87,007 Belle Rose, LA $88,904 Berwick, LA $87,006 Bourg, LA $88,742 Chauvin, LA $87,581 Cut Off, LA $89,462

Donaldsonville, LA $89,343 Donner, LA $87,107 Dulac, LA $87,135 Galliano, LA $88,826 Gheens, LA $89,811 Gibson, LA $86,845 Golden Meadow, LA $87,626 Grand Isle, LA $87,611

Gray, LA $88,071 Houma, LA $87,639 Kraemer, LA $88,586 Labadieville, LA $87,345 Larose, LA $89,848 Lockport, LA $89,206 Mathews, LA $89,403 Montegut, LA $88,423

Morgan City, LA $87,277 Napoleonville, LA $87,878 Paincourtville, LA $88,689 Patterson, LA $86,827 Plattenville, LA $88,639 Raceland, LA $88,984 Schriever, LA $87,523 Theriot, LA $86,691

Hammond, LA $87,896 Abita Springs, LA $88,018 Akers, LA $88,984 Amite, LA $87,465 Angie, LA $85,540 Bogalusa, LA $86,605 Bush, LA $87,220 Covington, LA $88,975

Fluker, LA $87,271 Folsom, LA $87,570 Franklinton, LA $86,292 Greensburg, LA $88,227 Husser, LA $86,981 Independence, LA $87,954 Kentwood, LA $86,807 Lacombe, LA $88,588

Loranger, LA $87,406 Madisonville, LA $89,173 Mandeville, LA $89,357 Maurepas, LA $88,873 Mount Hermon, LA $85,657 Natalbany, LA $87,934 Pearl River, LA $87,210 Pine Grove, LA $89,154

Ponchatoula, LA $89,204 Robert, LA $87,982 Roseland, LA $87,353 Saint Benedict, LA $88,568 Slidell, LA $88,931 Spearsville, LA $84,992 Start, LA $84,768 Sterlington, LA $84,781

Swartz, LA $84,791 Tallulah, LA $84,893 Transylvania, LA $84,823 West Monroe, LA $84,791 Winnsboro, LA $84,885 Alexandria, LA $83,901 Acme, LA $85,252 Bordelonville, LA $85,546

Bunkie, LA $85,463 Center Point, LA $84,067 Chase, LA $84,883 Cheneyville, LA $84,341 Clayton, LA $84,994 Cottonport, LA $85,423 Deville, LA $84,140 Dupont, LA $85,820

Echo, LA $84,200 Effie, LA $84,312 Evergreen, LA $85,536 Ferriday, LA $85,106 Gilbert, LA $84,858 Hamburg, LA $85,532 Harrisonburg, LA $84,922 Hessmer, LA $84,455

Jena, LA $84,441 Jonesville, LA $84,977 Lebeau, LA $86,315 Lecompte, LA $84,026 Libuse, LA $83,906 Mansura, LA $84,988 Marksville, LA $84,961 Melville, LA $87,198

Monterey, LA $85,264 Longleaf, LA $84,398 Many, LA $85,439 Marthaville, LA $85,524 Melrose, LA $85,045 Montgomery, LA $85,211 Mora, LA $84,944 Natchez, LA $85,287

Natchitoches, LA $85,490 Fort Polk, LA $85,804 Negreet, LA $85,435 New Llano, LA $85,787 Noble, LA $85,602 Oakdale, LA $85,584 Olla, LA $84,791 Otis, LA $84,378

Pollock, LA $84,293 Provencal, LA $85,197 Robeline, LA $85,370 Saint Maurice, LA $85,264 Sieper, LA $84,483 Sikes, LA $84,743 Simpson, LA $85,105 Slagle, LA $85,446

Tioga, LA $83,947 Tullos, LA $84,769 Urania, LA $85,036 Winnfield, LA $85,093 Woodworth, LA $83,981 Zwolle, LA $85,514 Fort Necessity, LA $84,729 Grambling, LA $85,560

Hodge, LA $85,530 Jigger, LA $84,893 Jones, LA $84,730 Jonesboro, LA $85,263 Kilbourne, LA $84,956 Lake Providence, LA $84,956 Lillie, LA $85,021 Mangham, LA $84,729

Marion, LA $84,776 Mer Rouge, LA $84,788 Oak Grove, LA $84,975 Oak Ridge, LA $84,770 Pioneer, LA $84,892 Quitman, LA $85,297 Rayville, LA $84,757

Technical Author Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Technical Author's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 01, 2026

$81,739

Average $91,065/year

$94,204

$6,812

Average $7,589/month

$7,850

$1,572

Average $1,751/week

$1,812

$39

Average $44/hour

$45

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$94,204	$7,850	$1,812	$45
Average	$91,065	$7,589	$1,751	$44
25th Percentile	$81,739	$6,812	$1,572	$39

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