Re: Source for statistics on the technical writing field

[Elaine Garnet <2egarnet -at- rogers -dot- com>]

I wouldn't mind knowing either. It might confirm some of the things I  
already suspect.


On 3-Aug-09, at 8:25 AM, john rosberg wrote:

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>> I would like to obtain some good statistics on the following:
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>> Average age?of employed technical writers at large corporations.
>> Length of time technical writers commonly stay in the field.
>> Average age of new hires at large corporations and whether it has  
>> changed since 2000.
>> Wage declines (or increases) for technical writers at large  
>> corporations over, say, the last decade or perhaps since 2000.
>> Decrease in numbers of technical writers at large corporations  
>> since 2000.
>> Outsourcing of technical writing positions since 2000, including  
>> information about the countries to which the jobs are outsourced.
>> Anyone know what is the best bet for reliable information on such  
>> things?
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> I suspect you may receive a little more data if you gave some idea  
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