High opportunity occupation
About this job
Authors and writers plan, research and write books, scripts, storyboards, plays, essays, speeches, manuals, specifications and other non-journalistic articles for publication or presentation.
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Authors and writers may be self-employed or work for:
- advertising agencies
- governments
- large corporations
- private consulting firms
- publishing firms
- multimedia/new-media companies
Common job titles
- author
- biographer
- crossword puzzle maker / compiler
- essayist
- ghost writer
- lexicographer
- rewriter
- writer, media - radio / TV / multimedia
- writer, news - feature writer / columnist
- writer, novelist / playwright / poet
- writer, scientific
- writer, scriptwriter / screenplays
- writer, technical manuals
- writer, technical specifications
- author
- biographer
- crossword puzzle maker / compiler
- essayist
- ghost writer
- lexicographer
- rewriter
- writer, media - radio / TV / multimedia
- writer, news - feature writer / columnist
- writer, novelist / playwright / poet
- writer, scientific
- writer, scriptwriter / screenplays
- writer, technical manuals
- writer, technical specifications
Earnings
Annual provincial median salary
$61,233
Source:
2020 Job Bank Wage data
Provincial hourly rate
Source: 2020 Job Bank Wage Report