Back to work from Atlanta. AMWA's annual conference was great, as usual, and I brought back some notes that may interest you: the results of the 2007 AMWA Salary Survey.
Tinker Gray and Cindy Hamilton gathered an impressive amount of data from this survey. The 76 slides of their presentation are available at the 'members-only' section of the AMWA Web site (www.amwa.org) and the article summarizing their findings will come out in the May 2008 issue of the AMWA Journal.
So, how much do medical writers make? Of course, it depends on sex, educational level, years of experience, and type of employer.
Mean Income by Educational Level and Sex (working full-time for a company)
Bachelor's: $73,522 (women); $90,640 (men)
Master’s: $77,339 (women); $86,240 (men)
Advanced: $91,797 (women); $101,872 (men)
Mean Income by primary Employer
Biotechnology company: $102,297
Pharmaceutical: $97,807
Medical device company: $85,451
Communication or advertising: $83,338
Clinical research organization: $76,620
Medical Ed company: $77,088
Web/medical company: $73,500
Government: $71,014
Association or professional society: $68,574
University or medical school: $64,438
Income by Job Category
Supervision or administration: $120,629
Writing/editing/supervision: $99,004
Writing (primarily): $80,441
Writing/editing (equal mixture): $73,954
Editing (primarily): $64,500
Research and writing: $69,099
Education: $63,000
Other: $91,021
Freelance Income
Mean gross income: $119,295
Mean net income (gross income – deductible expenses): $93,306
Net income as percentage of gross: 78%
Net Freelance Income by Job Category
Writing (primarily): $110,232
Editing (primarily): $46,071
Writing and editing (equal mixture): $75,891
Research and writing: $76,620
Other: $97,181
I will incorporate some other info in my ebook very soon. Thanks for reading!
Monday, October 15, 2007
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5 comments:
Thanks for this info. I would be interested in the mean salary for medical writers at medical ed companies in San Francisco. I can imagine that it might differ from the overall mean. Was the info from the salary survey broken down into regions/cities?
It was broken down by regions corresponding to the AMWA chapters (e.g. Southwest, NJ, etc)
I'm taking my first writing job in the NYC area...have a doctorate, but not sure how much to ask for. Any estimates would be appreciated.
See the ranges in this other post: http://medicalwriter.blogspot.com/2008/11/medical-writing-salaries-by-region.html
Diego,
What do you think this job would likely pay? Looks like they want someone w advanced degree to do hybrid of medical writing, project management, study design, etc. Thanks in advance for your help.
Medical Writer / Clinical Research Regulatory Affairs
US-NC-Research Triangle Park
Job Description
Global Clinical Development is one of four business units under the Global Health Sector of SRA International. This business unit works as a CRO to assist both pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients in all areas of drug development. These areas include: pre-clinical product development consulting, Phase I - IV clinical trials (including clinical monitoring, trials management, data management, statistics and SAS programming); regulatory affairs and strategic drug development consulting; quality assurance; medical writing; pharmacovigilance; and program management. Therapeutic areas of expertise include: HIV/AIDS, oncology, diabetes, CNS, sexual dysfunction and vaccines.
We are seeking a Medical Writer to join our Regulatory Affairs and Strategic Drug Development team. The position will be based in the Research Triangle Park, NC office. Major Responsibilities include:
Prepare scientific and regulatory documents, including but not limited to: clinical study reports (CSRs), subject narratives, clinical investigator brochures, protocols, manuscripts, and sections of Investigational New Drug Applications (INDs) and New Drug Applications (NDAs)/Marketing Authorization Applications (MAAs; i.e., integrated summaries of safety and efficacy, product labeling, and summaries and overviews of non clinical and clinical information)
Provide quality control (QC) services for documents written by other Clinical Research Scientists/Medical Writers (e.g., verifying the accuracy of data in in text tables versus source tables, ensuring documents are grammatically correct, etc.)
Serve as a Project Manager for clinical drug development writing and/or regulatory projects and, as such, represent SRA in direct interactions with clients
Provide overall strategy development for preparation of INDs and NDAs (including integrated summaries of safety and efficacy, product labeling, and summaries and overviews of clinical information)
Function as a Project Advisor on regulatory or writing projects
Interact with statisticians and physicians at a strategic level
Provide strategy development for clinical trials (clinical development plans, protocol development, etc.)
Provide strategic consulting services to SRA clients
Participate in the preparation of SRA project proposals for prospective clients
Required Education and Experience
Requires at minimum 2 - 3 years experience writing medical / scientific documents for the drug development process and/or regulatory affairs consulting (ie writing Clincial Study Reports, subject narratives, investigator brochures, protocols, INDs, etc)
Knowledge and understanding of regulatory submissions, such as INDs, NDAs, MAAs, etc.)
Knowledge and understanding of drug therapeutics and drug mechanisms of action as they apply to clinical drug development
Knowledge and understanding of relevant country and region specific regulations and guidelines for drug development
Knowledge and understanding of principles and methods of statistical analysis
Knowledge and understanding of scientific methodology and study design, particularly principles and methods of clinical drug development and clinical research in the pharmaceutical industry, including clinical trial design
Excellent attention to detail
Strong oral communication skills
Strong scientific writing skills
Ability to work effectively in a team setting
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