TYPICAL PAYMENT RATES FOR FREELANCE WRITING ASSIGNMENTS.

I.  Business:

1.  Corporate Newsletter:  $60 - $100/hour

2.  Corporate Reports:  $80 - $100/hour

3.  White Papers:  $70 - $90/hour

4.  Online Publishing:  $70 - $100/hour

5.  Direct Response (direct mail):   $75 - $100/hour

6.  Marketing Communications:  $80 - $100/hour

7.  Biology Writing:  $70 - $100/hour

8.  Medical Writing:  $75/hour

9.  Pharmaceutical Writing:  $75/hour

10.  Copy Editing:

    a)  General (ie: for-profit companies not covered below): $50-55/hr

    b)  Business-to-Business writing:  $55 - $65/hour

    c)  Corporate:  $50 - $65/hour

    d)  Science:  $55 - $75/hour

11.  Proofreading:

    a)  General (for-profit companies not covered below): $40-50/hr

    b)  Corporate:  $45 - $60/hour

    c)  Science:  $35 - $50/hour

II.  Instructional:

1.  General:  $50 - $70/hour

III.  Technical and Electronic:

1.  Web Authoring and Design:  $65 - $100/hour

2.  Senior Technical Writer, Computer Software:  $70 - $85/hour

3.  Senior Technical Writer, Computer Hardware:  $70 - $85/hour

4.  Technical Writer, Computer Software:  $50 - $65/hour

5.  Technical Writer, Computer Hardware:  $50 - $65/hour

6.  Technical Copy Editing (hardware and software):  $45 - $55/hour

BOOK:

1.  Ghost Writing for a business firm: 

a)  No research required:  $10,000-$15,000/project;  $65/hour

b)  Research IS required:  $15,000/project;  $65/hour**

 ** Please note most respondents quoted a per hour rate, rather  

    than a per project rate, for ghost writing projects for firms 

    requiring research. 

2.  Ghost Writing for an Individual: a)  NO research required:

    $5,000 - $15,000/project;  or $65/hour

 b)  Research IS required:  $10,000 - $30,000/project;  $65/hour

3.  Copy Editing:  $40 - $55/hour;  $2 - $4 per page

4.  Proofreading:  $25 - $35/hour

Journalism:

1.  Large Circulation Magazine:  $2/word

2.  Medium Circulation Magazine:  $1 - $2/word

3.  Small Circulation Magazine:  .50 - $1.00/word

4.  Metropolitan News:

 a)  Daily:  .50 - .75/word

 b)  Weekly:  .20 - .35/word

5.  Small Circulation, Neighborhood News:  .15 - .50/word

6.  Online:  $1.00/word

7.  Trade Publications: 

 a)  Large:  $1.00/word

 b)  Small:  .50/word

8.  Copy Editing:

 a)  Large Circulation Publications (technical):

 i)  Large cities:  $65 - $85

 ii)  Elsewhere:  $30 - $45

 b)  Large Circulation Publications (non-technical):

 i)  Large cities:  $55 - $60/hour

 ii)  Elsewhere:  $30 - 45/hour

 c)  Small Circulation (technical):  $40 - $50

 d)  Small Circulation (non-technical):  $25 - $45

9.  Proofreading:

 a)  Large Circulation Publications (technical and non-technical):

 i)  Large cities:  $50/hour

 ii)  Elsewhere:  $25 - $35/hour

 b)  Small Circulation Publications (technical and non-technical):

 i)  Large and medium-sized cities:  $25 - $40/hour

 ii)  Small cities:  $10 - $20/hour

Other Assignments:

1.  Grant Writer:  

 a)  Large, non-profit:  $55 - $75/hour

 b)  Small, non-profit:  $45 - $50/hour

2.  Indexing:  $30 - $50/hour

3.  Researcher:  

 a)  Large city:  $50 - $100/hour

 b)  Small city:  $35 - $40/hour

 c)  PER DAY RATE:  $250 - $400

4.  Screen Writer:  

 a)  For a firm:

 i)  Per project rate:  $10,000 - $15,000/project

 ii) Per hour rate:  $35 - $85/hour

 b)  For an individual:  

 i)  Per project rate:  $7,500 and above/project

 ii)  Per hour rate:  $35 - $85/hour

5.  Desktop Publishing:

 a)  For a company:

 i)  In Silicon Valley, California:  $70 - $85/hour

 ii) Elsewhere in North America :  Average norm $40/hour

 b)  For an Individual:  $35 - $40/hour