2024 Medical Communication Compensation Report Executive Summary

As the leading professional association for medical communicators, the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA) has conducted periodic compensation surveys to benchmark salaries and income for employee and freelance medical communicators for the past 35 years. AMWA’s 2024 compensation survey, conducted by Association Research, Inc. (ARI), collected data from over 1,000 medical communication professionals reporting on the tax year ending December 2023. AMWA is grateful to every medical writer, editor, and communicator who took the time to complete the survey. Your input is the foundation of the AMWA 2024 Medical Communication Compensation Report, recognized as one of the most reliable sources of income data, specifically for medical writers and editors across employment settings. Leading this year’s work was AMWA’s Deputy Director, Shari Rager, MS, CAE, who collaborated closely with ARI and a volunteer review team including Gail Flores, PhD; Leena Knight, PhD; Stephen Palmer, PhD, ELS; Joanne Rosenberg, MS, ELS; Cynthia Saver, MS, RN; Linda Yih; and Kim Korwek, PhD (Board Liaison). Member support through survey participation and volunteer effort allows AMWA to create valuable resources for the field of medical communication. The following is the Executive Summary, presented as published, from the 2024 Medical Communication Compensation Report. The full report may be downloaded by AMWA members as a benefit of membership.