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For your reference, the following table shows common editorial rates from the Editorial Freelancers Association. The industry standard for a manuscript page is a firm 250 words.

Type of Work	Estimated Pace	Range of Fees
EDITING
Editing, basic copyediting	5-10 ms pgs/hr	$30-40/hr
Editing, heavy copyediting	2–5 ms pgs/hr	$40–50/hr
Editing, website copyediting		$40-50/hr
Editing, developmental	1–5 pgs/hr	$45–55/hr
Editing, substantive or line	1–6 ms pgs/hr	$40–60/hr
FACT CHECKING		$30-40/hr
INDEXING	8-20 pr pg/hr	$35-65/hr
		$5.50-12/pr ind pg
LAYOUT
Layout, books	6-10 pgs/hr	$45-85/hr
Layout, newsletters	1-4 pgs/hr	$40-100/hr
Layout, websites		$16-20/pg
MANUSCRIPT EVALUATION		$45-55/hr
PERMISSIONS		$40-50/hr
PROJECT MANAGEMENT		$9-30/pr pg
		$40-90/hr
PROOFREADING	9-13 ms pgs/hr	$30-35/hr
RESEARCHING		$40-75/hr
TRANSCRIBING	variable	$3-5/pg
TRANSLATING	300-500 wds/hr	$40-50/hr
WEB DESIGN		$50-75/hr
WRITING	1-3 ms pgs/hr
Writing, fiction		$40-50/hr
		20¢-25¢/wd
Writing, ghostwriting		$50-60/hr
		26¢-50¢/wd
Writing, grants/proposals/sales/PR		$50-60/hr
		30¢-95¢/wd
Writing, journalism		$40-50/hr
		26¢-50¢/wd
Writing, medical		$60-70/hr
		80¢-95¢/wd
Writing, nonspecified		$40-100/hr
		20¢-$2/wd
Writing, technical/trade		$50-60/hr
		45¢-55¢/wd

 

NOTE   ind = indexable page, ms = manuscript, pr = printed, pg = page, hr = hour, wd = word