Technical Author Salary in Minnesota

How much does a Technical Author make in Minnesota?

As of May 01, 2026, the average salary for a Technical Author in Minnesota is $98,009 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $47.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $104,464
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $87,972 to $101,388
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $78,833

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Technical Author Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$101,388	$8,449	$1,950	$49
Average	$98,009	$8,167	$1,885	$47
25th Percentile	$87,972	$7,331	$1,692	$42

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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): $65,418
Early Career (1-2 years): $78,623
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $98,706
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $115,730
Expert (over 8 years): $109,500

Levels	Salary
Technical... Level Technical Author	$65,418
Technical... Level Technical Author	$78,623
Technical... Level Technical Author	$98,706
Technical... Level Technical Author	$115,730
Technical... Level Technical Author	$109,500

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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:

Conger: $93,836
Courtland: $93,729
Darfur: $93,247

Conger, MN $93,836 Courtland, MN $93,729 Darfur, MN $93,247 Delavan, MN $93,262 Eagle Lake, MN $94,613 Easton, MN $93,297 Ellendale, MN $94,614 Elmore, MN $92,816

Elysian, MN $95,085 Emmons, MN $93,096 Essig, MN $93,370 Fairmont, MN $93,065 Freeborn, MN $93,968 Frost, MN $92,965 Garden City, MN $93,254 Geneva, MN $94,851

Glenville, MN $93,502 Good Thunder, MN $93,422 Granada, MN $92,974 Hanska, MN $92,976 Hartland, MN $94,048 Hayward, MN $94,042 Henderson, MN $95,670 Hollandale, MN $94,441

Hope, MN $94,903 Huntley, MN $93,190 Janesville, MN $94,427 Kasota, MN $94,782 Kiester, MN $93,113 Kilkenny, MN $95,540 Lafayette, MN $93,915 Lake Crystal, MN $93,404

La Salle, MN $93,151 Le Center, MN $95,736 Le Sueur, MN $95,529 Lewisville, MN $93,054 Madelia, MN $93,126 Madison Lake, MN $94,876 Mapleton, MN $93,469 Minnesota Lake, MN $93,518

Montgomery, MN $96,079 New Prague, MN $97,269 New Richland, MN $94,274 New Ulm, MN $93,357 Nicollet, MN $94,239 Northrop, MN $93,635 Pemberton, MN $93,945 Saint Clair, MN $94,547

Saint James, MN $93,057 Saint Peter, MN $94,995 Sanborn, MN $92,686 Searles, MN $93,209 Sleepy Eye, MN $92,905 Springfield, MN $92,817 Truman, MN $93,083 Twin Lakes, MN $93,349

Vernon Center, MN $93,192 Waldorf, MN $93,730 Waseca, MN $94,592 Waterville, MN $95,248 Wells, MN $93,525 Winnebago, MN $93,248 Windom, MN $92,926 Adrian, MN $90,508

Alpha, MN $92,655 Arco, MN $92,527 Avoca, MN $92,474 Balaton, MN $92,296 Beaver Creek, MN $88,189 Bigelow, MN $91,369 Bingham Lake, MN $92,787 Brewster, MN $92,518

Butterfield, MN $92,893 Ceylon, MN $92,727 Chandler, MN $91,014 Currie, MN $92,645 Dovray, MN $93,007 Dunnell, MN $92,587 Starbuck, MN $92,596 Morris, MN $92,655

Crane Lake, MN $91,698 Cromwell, MN $92,046 Grand Rapids, MN $92,072 Ely, MN $91,832 Embarrass, MN $91,702 Esko, MN $92,021 Eveleth, MN $91,841 Finlayson, MN $92,297

Floodwood, MN $91,786 Forbes, MN $91,541 Gilbert, MN $91,816 Goodland, MN $91,674 Hibbing, MN $91,610 Hill City, MN $91,967 Holyoke, MN $92,038 Hoyt Lakes, MN $91,831

Iron, MN $91,564 Jacobson, MN $91,731 Keewatin, MN $92,022 Kerrick, MN $92,198 Kettle River, MN $92,193 Kinney, MN $91,706 Mcgregor, MN $92,056 Makinen, MN $91,720

Marble, MN $91,965 Meadowlands, MN $91,742 Melrude, MN $91,706 Moose Lake, MN $92,394 Afton, MN $98,224 Almelund, MN $95,778 Bayport, MN $98,062 Bethel, MN $97,227

Braham, MN $94,428 Brook Park, MN $92,950 Cambridge, MN $95,514 Cannon Falls, MN $95,943 Castle Rock, MN $97,492 Cedar, MN $97,671 Center City, MN $96,401 Chisago City, MN $97,239

Circle Pines, MN $98,952 Cottage Grove, MN $98,474 Dalbo, MN $94,413 Wirt, MN $91,806 Thief River Falls, MN $92,353 Alvarado, MN $92,069 Angle Inlet, MN $92,028 Argyle, MN $92,182

Badger, MN $92,242 Brooks, MN $92,265 Crookston, MN $92,111 Donaldson, MN $92,223 East Grand Forks, MN $91,955 Euclid, MN $92,019 Fisher, MN $91,960 Gatzke, MN $92,083

Goodridge, MN $92,149 Greenbush, MN $92,246 Grygla, MN $92,042 Hallock, MN $92,471 Halma, MN $92,218 Humboldt, MN $92,418 Karlstad, MN $92,280 Kennedy, MN $92,266

Lake Bronson, MN $92,200 Lancaster, MN $92,206 Mentor, MN $92,236 Middle River, MN $92,191 Newfolden, MN $92,214 Noyes, MN $92,500 Oak Island, MN $92,024 Oklee, MN $92,285

Oslo, MN $92,095 Plummer, MN $92,246 Red Lake Falls, MN $92,198 Roseau, MN $92,300 Saint Hilaire, MN $92,254 Saint Vincent, MN $92,426 Salol, MN $92,220 Stephen, MN $92,182

Strandquist, MN $92,154 Strathcona, MN $92,142 Viking, MN $92,108 Wannaska, MN $92,189 Warren, MN $92,072 Warroad, MN $92,329 Edgerton, MN $90,519 Georgetown, MN $92,264

Glyndon, MN $92,253 Morton, MN $92,757 Murdock, MN $92,568 New London, MN $93,380 Norcross, MN $92,308 Odessa, MN $92,240 Olivia, MN $92,743 Ortonville, MN $92,432

Pennock, MN $92,933 Porter, MN $92,413 Prinsburg, MN $92,780 Raymond, MN $92,650 Redwood Falls, MN $92,747 Renville, MN $92,644 Sacred Heart, MN $92,590 Seaforth, MN $92,861

Spicer, MN $93,465 Sunburg, MN $92,861 Taunton, MN $92,560 Vesta, MN $92,551 Wabasso, MN $92,653 Wanda, MN $92,991 Watson, MN $92,609 Wheaton, MN $92,417

Wood Lake, MN $92,573 Saint Cloud, MN $94,488 Albany, MN $93,941 Alexandria, MN $92,770 Ashby, MN $92,541 Avon, MN $94,218 Barrett, MN $92,480 Belgrade, MN $93,288

Bock, MN $94,411 Bowlus, MN $93,828 Brandon, MN $92,563 Brooten, MN $92,990 Buckman, MN $93,987 Burtrum, MN $93,452 Carlos, MN $92,576 Cold Spring, MN $94,314

Collegeville, MN $94,328 Cyrus, MN $92,549 Dalton, MN $92,500 Elrosa, MN $93,754 Waltham, MN $95,129 Evansville, MN $92,513 Farwell, MN $92,557 Flensburg, MN $93,498

Foley, MN $94,237 Foreston, MN $94,255 Freeport, MN $93,761 Garfield, MN $92,579 Gilman, MN $94,210 Glenwood, MN $92,769 Greenwald, MN $93,716 Grey Eagle, MN $93,407

Hillman, MN $93,351 Hoffman, MN $92,559 Holdingford, MN $93,953 Holmes City, MN $92,550 Isle, MN $92,347 Kensington, MN $92,528 Lastrup, MN $93,365 Little Falls, MN $93,440

Long Prairie, MN $93,076 Lowry, MN $92,577 Mc Grath, MN $92,078 Melrose, MN $93,579 Milaca, MN $94,119 Miltona, MN $92,574 Nelson, MN $92,598 New Munich, MN $93,714

Oak Park, MN $94,322 Ogilvie, MN $93,768 Onamia, MN $93,063 Osakis, MN $92,877 Parkers Prairie, MN $92,477 Paynesville, MN $94,020 Pease, MN $94,424 Pierz, MN $93,419

Rice, MN $94,174 Richmond, MN $94,161 Rockville, MN $94,385 Roscoe, MN $94,092 Royalton, MN $94,014 Saint Joseph, MN $94,436 Saint Stephen, MN $94,257 Saint Martin, MN $94,053

Sartell, MN $94,383 Sauk Centre, MN $93,244 Sauk Rapids, MN $94,336 Nashua, MN $92,423 Naytahwaush, MN $92,502 New York Mills, MN $92,462 Nielsville, MN $92,240 Ogema, MN $92,296

Osage, MN $92,367 Ottertail, MN $92,544 Pelican Rapids, MN $92,448 Perham, MN $92,543 Perley, MN $92,307 Ponsford, MN $92,289 Richville, MN $92,462 Richwood, MN $92,339

Rochert, MN $92,374 Rothsay, MN $92,337 Sabin, MN $92,275 Shelly, MN $92,341 Tintah, MN $92,360 Twin Valley, MN $92,285 Ulen, MN $92,273 Underwood, MN $92,520

Vergas, MN $92,446 Vining, MN $92,440 Waubun, MN $92,301 Wendell, MN $92,397 White Earth, MN $92,592 Winger, MN $92,302 Wolf Lake, MN $92,371 Wolverton, MN $92,401

Bemidji, MN $92,486 Bagley, MN $92,370 Baudette, MN $92,143 Bena, MN $92,013 Big Falls, MN $91,733 Bigfork, MN $91,823 Birchdale, MN $91,842 Blackduck, MN $92,155

Bowstring, MN $91,931 Cass Lake, MN $92,295 Clearbrook, MN $92,334 Deer River, MN $92,001 Talmoon, MN $91,960 Effie, MN $91,747 Federal Dam, MN $92,168 Gonvick, MN $92,294

Gully, MN $92,225 Hines, MN $92,203 International Falls, MN $92,153 Kelliher, MN $92,096 Lengby, MN $92,328 Leonard, MN $92,266 Littlefork, MN $91,905 Loman, MN $91,887

Longville, MN $92,234 Marcell, MN $91,852 Margie, MN $91,805 Max, MN $91,940 Mizpah, MN $91,956 Northome, MN $91,945 Outing, MN $92,103 Pennington, MN $92,125

Ponemah, MN $92,296 Puposky, MN $92,229 Ranier, MN $92,523 Kabetogama, MN $91,812 Redby, MN $92,403 Redlake, MN $92,280 Remer, MN $92,034 Roosevelt, MN $92,137

Shevlin, MN $92,288 Solway, MN $92,312 South International Falls, MN $92,166 Spring Lake, MN $91,961 Squaw Lake, MN $91,948 Swift, MN $92,144 Tenstrike, MN $92,251 Trail, MN $92,190

Swanville, MN $93,401 Moorhead, MN $92,213 Upsala, MN $93,702 Villard, MN $92,817 Wahkon, MN $92,862 Waite Park, MN $94,485 West Union, MN $93,150 Brainerd, MN $92,693

Baxter, MN $92,805 Ah Gwah Ching, MN $92,371 Aitkin, MN $92,278 Akeley, MN $92,329 Aldrich, MN $92,425 Backus, MN $92,319 Benedict, MN $92,281 Bertha, MN $92,489

Browerville, MN $92,735 Clarissa, MN $92,617 Crosby, MN $92,371 Crosslake, MN $92,434 Cushing, MN $92,775 Deerwood, MN $92,445 Eagle Bend, MN $92,487 Emily, MN $92,187

Fifty Lakes, MN $92,191 Fort Ripley, MN $92,937 Garrison, MN $92,777 Hackensack, MN $92,306 Hewitt, MN $92,447 Ironton, MN $92,472 Jenkins, MN $92,437 Lake George, MN $92,363

Lake Hubert, MN $92,513 Laporte, MN $92,304 Menahga, MN $92,405 Merrifield, MN $92,442 Motley, MN $92,393 Nevis, MN $92,372 Nisswa, MN $92,522 Palisade, MN $91,977

Park Rapids, MN $92,430 Pequot Lakes, MN $92,454 Pillager, MN $92,496 Pine River, MN $92,329 Randall, MN $93,096 Sebeka, MN $92,355 Nimrod, MN $92,345 Staples, MN $92,462

Verndale, MN $92,400 Wadena, MN $92,540 Walker, MN $92,364 Detroit Lakes, MN $92,552 Ada, MN $92,276 Audubon, MN $92,430 Barnesville, MN $92,321 Battle Lake, MN $92,534

Bejou, MN $92,190 Beltrami, MN $92,264 Bluffton, MN $92,449 Borup, MN $92,268 Breckenridge, MN $92,633 Callaway, MN $92,330 Campbell, MN $92,417 Climax, MN $92,109

Clitherall, MN $92,475 Comstock, MN $92,309 Deer Creek, MN $92,449 Dent, MN $92,469 Dilworth, MN $92,206 Elbow Lake, MN $92,504 Elizabeth, MN $92,448 Erhard, MN $92,423

Erskine, MN $92,345 Felton, MN $92,250 Fergus Falls, MN $92,601 Fertile, MN $92,303 Flom, MN $92,260 Fosston, MN $92,374 Foxhome, MN $92,348 Frazee, MN $92,453

Gary, MN $92,194 Halstad, MN $92,333 Wabasha, MN $94,907 Hawley, MN $92,265 Hendrum, MN $92,310 Henning, MN $92,487 Hitterdal, MN $92,272 Kent, MN $92,367

Lake Park, MN $92,289 Mcintosh, MN $92,342 Mahnomen, MN $92,340 Wilton, MN $92,288 Waskish, MN $91,910 Williams, MN $92,152 Mountain Iron, MN $91,645 Cotton, MN $91,839

Wayzata, MN $99,105 Navarre, MN $99,116 Young America, MN $96,840 Winsted, MN $95,849 Winthrop, MN $94,193 Zimmerman, MN $95,433 Minneapolis, MN $100,049 Nashwauk, MN $91,656

Orr, MN $91,688 Nett Lake, MN $92,281 Pengilly, MN $91,701 Virginia, MN $91,811 Saginaw, MN $91,981 Sawyer, MN $91,992 Side Lake, MN $91,662 Soudan, MN $91,936

Sturgeon Lake, MN $92,347 Swan River, MN $91,679 Swatara, MN $91,910 Taconite, MN $92,010 Tamarack, MN $91,893 Tower, MN $91,796 Twig, MN $92,008 Warba, MN $91,765

Willow River, MN $92,428 Winton, MN $92,364 Wrenshall, MN $92,017 Wright, MN $91,958 Duluth, MN $92,023 Rochester, MN $96,016 Adams, MN $94,109 Altura, MN $94,321

Austin, MN $94,658 Blooming Prairie, MN $95,211 Brownsdale, MN $95,003 Brownsville, MN $90,528 Dundas, MN $96,386 Elko New Market, MN $97,687 Faribault, MN $95,508 Farmington, MN $97,949

Forest Lake, MN $98,137 Frontenac, MN $95,036 Goodhue, MN $95,568 Grandy, MN $95,248 Grasston, MN $93,682 Hampton, MN $97,375 Harris, MN $95,420 Hastings, MN $97,634

Henriette, MN $93,709 Hinckley, MN $92,496 Hugo, MN $98,505 Isanti, MN $96,521 Lake City, MN $95,327 Lake Elmo, MN $98,636 Lakeland, MN $98,011 Lakeville, MN $98,174

Lindstrom, MN $96,789 Lonsdale, MN $96,698 Marine On Saint Croix, MN $97,760 Medford, MN $95,198 Mora, MN $93,203 Morristown, MN $95,177 Nerstrand, MN $95,290 Newport, MN $98,986

North Branch, MN $96,404 Northfield, MN $96,783 Owatonna, MN $95,168 Pine City, MN $93,751 Randolph, MN $97,090 Red Wing, MN $95,371 Rock Creek, MN $94,399 Rosemount, MN $98,517

Rush City, MN $94,733 Saint Francis, MN $97,062 Saint Paul Park, MN $98,759 Sandstone, MN $92,467 Scandia, MN $97,445 Shafer, MN $96,464 South Saint Paul, MN $99,206 Inver Grove Heights, MN $98,970

Waverly, MN $95,963 Byron, MN $96,023 Caledonia, MN $90,933 Canton, MN $92,756 Chatfield, MN $94,982 Claremont, MN $95,440 Dakota, MN $90,739 Dexter, MN $95,169

Dodge Center, MN $95,583 Dover, MN $95,194 Eitzen, MN $90,934 Elgin, MN $95,775 Elkton, MN $94,824 Eyota, MN $95,701 Fountain, MN $94,298 Grand Meadow, MN $95,125

Harmony, MN $93,067 Hayfield, MN $95,433 Hokah, MN $90,300 Homer, MN $91,385 Houston, MN $91,116 Kasson, MN $95,804 Kellogg, MN $94,735 Kenyon, MN $95,619

La Crescent, MN $90,280 Lanesboro, MN $93,089 Lansing, MN $94,836 Le Roy, MN $93,779 Lewiston, MN $93,201 Lyle, MN $93,740 Mabel, MN $92,496 Mantorville, MN $95,792

Mazeppa, MN $95,659 Millville, MN $95,567 Minnesota City, MN $93,252 Oronoco, MN $96,023 Ostrander, MN $94,659 Peterson, MN $92,922 Pine Island, MN $95,794 Plainview, MN $95,231

Preston, MN $93,521 Racine, MN $95,449 Reads Landing, MN $94,892 Rollingstone, MN $93,654 Rose Creek, MN $94,175 Rushford, MN $92,280 Saint Charles, MN $94,731 Sargeant, MN $95,284

Spring Grove, MN $91,687 Spring Valley, MN $94,949 Stewartville, MN $95,700 Taopi, MN $93,913 Utica, MN $93,883 Ellsworth, MN $89,635 Fulda, MN $92,332 Garvin, MN $92,616

Hardwick, MN $89,353 Hendricks, MN $92,286 Heron Lake, MN $92,763 Hills, MN $88,067 Holland, MN $91,142 Ihlen, MN $89,434 Iona, MN $91,492 Ivanhoe, MN $92,476

Jackson, MN $92,749 Jasper, MN $89,006 Jeffers, MN $92,756 Kanaranzi, MN $89,399 Kenneth, MN $89,961 Lake Benton, MN $91,804 Lakefield, MN $92,616 Lake Wilson, MN $91,517

Lamberton, MN $92,673 Leota, MN $90,778 Lismore, MN $90,695 Luverne, MN $88,977 Lynd, MN $92,666 Magnolia, MN $89,554 Mountain Lake, MN $92,917 Odin, MN $92,896

Okabena, MN $92,731 Ormsby, MN $92,942 Pipestone, MN $90,633 Reading, MN $91,568 Revere, MN $92,628 Round Lake, MN $92,445 Rushmore, MN $90,998 Russell, MN $92,611

Ruthton, MN $91,638 Sherburn, MN $92,871 Slayton, MN $92,060 Steen, MN $88,705 Storden, MN $92,727 Tracy, MN $92,710 Trimont, MN $92,994 Trosky, MN $89,650

Tyler, MN $92,168 Walnut Grove, MN $92,648 Welcome, MN $92,996 Westbrook, MN $92,730 Wilmont, MN $91,255 Woodstock, MN $91,048 Worthington, MN $92,074 Beaver Bay, MN $91,972

Brimson, MN $91,671 Finland, MN $91,835 Grand Marais, MN $92,024 Grand Portage, MN $91,951 Hovland, MN $91,924 Isabella, MN $91,638 Knife River, MN $92,001 Lutsen, MN $91,977

Schroeder, MN $91,921 Silver Bay, MN $91,977 Tofte, MN $91,882 Two Harbors, MN $92,010 Adolph, MN $92,023 Alborn, MN $91,896 Angora, MN $91,593 Askov, MN $92,532

Aurora, MN $91,863 Babbitt, MN $91,850 Barnum, MN $92,026 Biwabik, MN $91,961 Bovey, MN $91,814 Britt, MN $91,656 Brookston, MN $91,948 Bruno, MN $92,323

Buhl, MN $91,715 Calumet, MN $92,019 Canyon, MN $91,916 Carlton, MN $92,006 Chisholm, MN $91,706 Cloquet, MN $91,996 Cohasset, MN $92,073 Coleraine, MN $92,256

Cook, MN $91,683 Albertville, MN $97,120 Annandale, MN $94,639 Anoka, MN $97,882 Andover, MN $98,501 Hopkins, MN $99,674 Burnsville, MN $98,823 Arlington, MN $95,299

Becker, MN $94,797 Big Lake, MN $95,318 Bird Island, MN $92,712 Osseo, MN $98,980 Brownton, MN $94,521 Buffalo, MN $96,227 Buffalo Lake, MN $93,428 Carver, MN $97,826

Champlin, MN $98,927 Chanhassen, MN $98,855 Chaska, MN $98,310 Clear Lake, MN $94,392 Clearwater, MN $94,374 Cokato, MN $94,829 Cologne, MN $97,463 Crystal Bay, MN $98,859

Darwin, MN $94,422 Dassel, MN $94,766 Dayton, MN $98,464 Delano, MN $97,369 Eden Valley, MN $94,169 Elk River, MN $96,864 Excelsior, MN $98,691 Fairfax, MN $92,866

Franklin, MN $92,714 Gaylord, MN $94,872 Gibbon, MN $93,417 Glencoe, MN $95,305 Green Isle, MN $95,801 Hamburg, MN $96,476 Hamel, MN $98,744 Hanover, MN $97,813

Hector, MN $92,948 Eden Prairie, MN $99,380 Minnetonka, MN $99,332 Maple Plain, MN $98,444 Howard Lake, MN $95,331 Hutchinson, MN $94,438 Jordan, MN $97,848 Kimball, MN $94,302

Lester Prairie, MN $95,987 Litchfield, MN $94,074 Long Lake, MN $98,871 Loretto, MN $98,048 Maple Lake, MN $94,968 Mayer, MN $96,873 Dennison, MN $95,494 Stacy, MN $97,248

Stanchfield, MN $94,834 Stillwater, MN $98,260 Taylors Falls, MN $95,715 Vermillion, MN $97,785 Warsaw, MN $95,407 Webster, MN $97,289 Welch, MN $96,105 Willernie, MN $98,855

Wyoming, MN $97,676 Saint Paul, MN $99,553 Mendota, MN $99,651 Minnetonka Beach, MN $98,890 Monticello, MN $95,277 Montrose, MN $96,576 Mound, MN $98,376 New Auburn, MN $95,287

New Germany, MN $96,527 Norwood Young America, MN $96,807 Plato, MN $96,164 Princeton, MN $94,811 Prior Lake, MN $98,406 Rockford, MN $97,806 Rogers, MN $98,206 Saint Bonifacius, MN $98,053

Saint Michael, MN $97,270 Santiago, MN $94,688 Savage, MN $98,942 Shakopee, MN $98,542 Silver Creek, MN $94,788 Silver Lake, MN $95,154 South Haven, MN $94,393 Norwood, MN $96,747

Spring Park, MN $98,629 Stewart, MN $93,864 Victoria, MN $98,315 Waconia, MN $97,680 Watertown, MN $97,300 Watkins, MN $94,251 Wanamingo, MN $95,637 West Concord, MN $95,581

Winona, MN $91,828 Stockton, MN $93,051 Wykoff, MN $94,699 Zumbro Falls, MN $95,675 Zumbrota, MN $95,627 Mankato, MN $94,362 Albert Lea, MN $94,133 Alden, MN $93,429

Amboy, MN $93,211 Belle Plaine, MN $97,069 Blue Earth, MN $93,059 Bricelyn, MN $93,115 Clarks Grove, MN $94,286 Cleveland, MN $95,232 Comfrey, MN $92,795 Willmar, MN $93,284

Alberta, MN $92,464 Appleton, MN $92,571 Atwater, MN $93,528 Barry, MN $92,512 Beardsley, MN $92,119 Bellingham, MN $92,273 Belview, MN $92,552 Benson, MN $92,654

Blomkest, MN $92,697 Boyd, MN $92,529 Browns Valley, MN $92,159 Canby, MN $92,364 Chokio, MN $92,468 Clara City, MN $92,681 Clarkfield, MN $92,597 Clements, MN $92,682

Clinton, MN $92,278 Clontarf, MN $92,508 Correll, MN $92,348 Cosmos, MN $93,499 Cottonwood, MN $92,630 Danube, MN $92,649 Danvers, MN $92,474 Dawson, MN $92,590

Donnelly, MN $92,462 Dumont, MN $92,340 Echo, MN $92,530 Ghent, MN $92,676 Graceville, MN $92,292 Granite Falls, MN $92,678 Grove City, MN $93,739 Hancock, MN $92,575

Hanley Falls, MN $92,571 Herman, MN $92,430 Holloway, MN $92,463 Kandiyohi, MN $93,351 Kerkhoven, MN $92,654 Lake Lillian, MN $93,072 Lucan, MN $92,606 Madison, MN $92,396

Marietta, MN $92,075 Marshall, MN $92,807 Maynard, MN $92,580 Milan, MN $92,590 Milroy, MN $92,585 Minneota, MN $92,648 Montevideo, MN $92,694 Morgan, MN $92,753

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

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Last Updated on May 01, 2026

$87,972

Average $98,009/year

$101,388

$7,331

Average $8,167/month

$8,449

$1,692

Average $1,885/week

$1,950

$42

Average $47/hour

$49

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$101,388	$8,449	$1,950	$49
Average	$98,009	$8,167	$1,885	$47
25th Percentile	$87,972	$7,331	$1,692	$42

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