Grant Writer salary
What a grant writer actually earns, from 124 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-07-23.
What the number means
A grant writer earns a blended US median near 68,834 dollars, with the typical middle running from 55,492 dollars to 86,129 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 72,270 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 14 percent since 2019. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is dietitian, at 22 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Marylandmedian $107,540
- Texasmedian $71,650
- Utahmedian $61,020
- Delawaremedian $57,310
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Quick answers
How much does a grant writer make?
The blended US median is about 68,834 dollars, with a typical range from 55,492 dollars to 86,129 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 72,270 dollars.
What can a grant writer move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is dietitian, at 22 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 27-3043. Live corpus 124 observations, 2026-07-23. Definitions in the glossary.