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I've been in business for editorial writing for over 20 years technical writing business for over 10 years now.

So, with all honesty that I can make the following generalization: most technical writers on the payroll of the companies end up making more money during their career than most of their counterparts in freelance.

Why?

Why freelance applications much personal energy, sacrifice and training that work pays.If you are self-employed, you already know how difficult it is to find 2,000 hours a year, year after year.

However, individuals are very different from the course. And I'm sure a top freelance always win more money they earn wages above writer.

Having established that, let me mention four reasons why employers may consider to hire a freelance technical note with this: in terms of cost per hour, usually costs a professional qualifiedmore.

That's why it might make more sense to hire an experienced freelance:

1) If the job is temporary, if you need a user manual is only because you engage in a long term relationship with an employee indefinitely?

2) Why do permanent office space, utilities, computers, printers, telephone and other office overhead resulting if the project is a documentationtemporary assignment?

3) Why pay social security contributions, health insurance, liability insurance, contributions to social security, etc. workers as independent contractors, able to pay all that money for themselves?

4) If the documentation work is too specialized for beginners or intermediate level technical writer, such as creating a schema for DITA, then it makes sense to hire a consultant technical documentation expensive, but untilthat the project lasts. Again, a freelance technical writer temp would be the ideal choice for such a decision will save the high cost of retraining an employee.