During September and October 2005, I conducted a survey on behalf of the Australia Chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. The survey asked questions about demographics, working conditions, levels of education and experience - and of course - remuneration.
The survey was open to technical communicators living in Australia. It was advertised on the Internet through various technical writers' lists, the STC Australia Chapter membership, the ASTC NSW, the ASTC Victoria, and various smaller mailing lists in Perth, Brisbane, and elsewhere.
The survey was sponsored by the Society for Technical Communication (STC) Australia Chapter and was conducted using the online service HostedSurvey (http://www.hostedsurvey.com/).
A total of 103 people responded, with some dropping out part way through the survey (resulting in 97 responses by the final general questions). This response was disappointing compared to last year's 140 and the 206 responses from 2003.
The survey questions and results (including some data correlations) are summarised on the following pages. I have not attempted to draw conclusions or do any type of statistical analysis from the data presented.