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Technical Writers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 27-3042 · CBSA 41860

Occupation
Technical Writers (SOC 27-3042)
Metropolitan area
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Applications FY2020–FY2026
197
Median offered wage
$136,500
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median wage$136,500certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Technical Writers with a worksite in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Technical Writers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA: applications by fiscal year

2040FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2040FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202031
FY202136
FY202240
FY202324
FY202421
FY202529
FY2026*16
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*124
FY2025254
FY2024129
FY2023204
FY2022346
FY2021324
FY2020283
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Facebook, Inc.36
  2. Workday, Inc.13
  3. Google LLC12
  4. Collective Health Administrators, LLC10
  5. Gilead Sciences, Inc.10
  6. Salesforce.com, Inc.10
  7. E & E Co., Ltd9
  8. Collective Health, Inc.9
  9. The Gap, Inc.8
  10. More Health, Inc.7
  11. Sysdig, Inc.7
  12. Cloudera, Inc.6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $136,500; middle half $101,670 to $170,000 · median prevailing wage $128,378 (marker) · 68 applications.

$80k$115k$150k$185k$220k
$80k$115k$150k$185k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I17
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III16
  4. Level IV23
Job titles
  1. Technical Writer35
  2. Content Designer7
  3. Documentation Engineer7
  4. Senior Technical Writer5
  5. Associate Product Manager4
  6. Manager, Language Technologies3
  7. Senior Product Designer3
  8. Principal Technical Writer3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Technical Writers appears on 1,774 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 699 employers in 112 metropolitan areas; San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA accounts for 11.10% of them, and its median offered wage is 42.5% above the national median of $95,784.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
1,774
Metropolitan areas with filings
112
Employers nationwide
699
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$95,784
Share in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
11.10%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Technical Writers
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ266
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA197
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH179
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA161
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA103
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV85
  7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA81
  8. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX47
  9. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN40
  10. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD36
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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