Per Hour

Per Project

Other

Advertising, Copy & Public Relations Writing

Advertising Copywriting

$100

Negotiable

$1.63/word

Copyediting for advertising

$100

n/a

$1/word

Direct-mail copywriting

$150

$150/word $400/page

E-mail ad copywriting

$100

$Negotiable

Fundraising campaign brochure

$110

$Negotiable

1cent/word

Political campaigns, public relations

$125

n/a

n/a

Press kits

$180

$2,500 to $5,000

2cent/word

Press/news release with distribution

$180

$1,500

350 to 500/page

Event/Promotions/publicity

$85

n/a

$500/day

Catalog copywriting

$100

n/a

$350/item

Campaign development or product launch

$150

n/a

$4,000 to $8,000

Speech writing/editing (general)

$167

n/a

$2,500 to $10,000

Speech writing for government officials

$200

n/a

$4,500/20 min

Speech writing for political candidates

$150

n/a

$650/15min

News Papers

Per Hour

Per Project

Other

Book reviews

n/a

$200.00

60cent/word

Column, local

n/a

n/a

$250.00/column

copy editing

$35

n/a

n/a

Editing/Manuscript evaluation

$35

n/a

n/a

Feature

n/a

$1,000

n/a

Book Publishing

Per Hour

Per Project

Other

Book proposal consultation

$100

$1,500

n/a

Book proposal writing

$100

$4,000 to $10,000

n/a

Book query writing

n/a

$500

n/a

Children's book writing (Advance against royalties)

n/a

n/a

$4,000

Children's book writing (work for hire)

$75

$5/Word

Content editing (scholarly)

$125

$6,000 to $15,000

$20/page

Content editing (text book)

$100

$2,000 to $4,000

$4 to $9/page

Content editing (trade)

$125

$20,000

$40/page

Fiction book writing (own)

$14,000 to $40,000

Ghostwriting, as told to

$100

$22,000 to $80,000

n/a

Ghostwriting, no credit

$115

$36,000 to $100,000

$3/word

Indexing

$40

n/a

5/page

Manuscript evaluation and critique

$100

$800 to $2,000

n/a

Nonfiction book writing (collaborative)

$100

$25,000 to $75,000

n/a

Nonfiction book writing (Own)

n/a

n/a

$18,000 to $50,000

Novel synopsis (general)

$60

$400

$30/page

Proofreading

$75

$5/page

Research for writers or book publishers

$100

$600/day

Rewriting

$120

$15,000 to $50,000

n/a

Business

Per Hour

Per Project

Other

Annual reports

$180

$6,000 to $15,000

$600/day

Associations and organizations

$125

n/a

$400/day

Brochures, fliers booklets for business

$150

$3,000 to $15,000

$2/word $800/page

Business & sales letters

$150

$750 to $2,000

$2/word

Business and government Research

$100

n/a

n/a

Business editing (general)

$150

n/a

n/a

Business plan

$150

$6,000 $15,000

$1/word

Business-writing seminars

$200

$2,500 to $8,600

n/a

Catalogs for businesses

$90

$5,000 to $10,000

$1,500/page

Corporate histories

$180

n/a

$12,500 to $35,000

Corporate periodicals, editing

$125

n/a

n/a

Corporate periodicals, writing

$135

$4,000 to $7,000

$3/word

Corporate profile

$180

n/a

$2/word

Ghostwriting for business/trade magazine articles for business columns

$135

n/a

$2/word

Government writing

$75

n/a

$1/word

Grant proposal writing for nonprofits

$150

$1,800 to $3,000

n/a

Newsletters, desktop publishing/production

$135

$400 to $750 page

Newsletters, editing

$100

$3,600

$230/page

Newsletters, writing

$125

$2,000 to $5,000

$5/word

E-mail copywriting

$100

n/a

$2/word

Medical and science editing

$125

n/a

$4/page

Medical and science proofreading

$125

n/a

$4/page

Medical and science writing

$180

$3,000 to $5,000

$2/word

Online editing

$110

n/a

$4/page

Technical editing

$100

n/a

n/a

Technical writing

$125

n/a

n/a

Web page design

$150

$2,000 to $4,000

n/a

Web page editing

$100

n/a

n/a

Web page writing

$150

$1,251 to $7,000

$1.25/word

White Papers

$135

n/a

n/a

Magazine & Trade Journals

Per Hour

Per Project

Other

article manuscript critique

$100

n/a

n/a

Arts reviewing

n/a

$300

$1/word

City magazine calendar of events column

n/a

n/a

$250/column

Consultation on magazine editorial

$150

n/a

$450/day

Consumer magazine column

n/a

n/a

$1.50/word $2,500/column

Content editing

$75

n/a

$6,500issue

Fact checking

$125

n/a

n/a

Ghostwriting articles

$200

n/a

n/a

Magazine research

$50

n/a

n/a

Proofreading

$75

n/a

n/a

Rewriting

$125

n/a

n/a

Reprint fees

n/a

$1,500

$1.50/word

Trade journal column

$70

n/a

$1/word

Trade journal feature article

$100

$1,000 to $2,000

$1/word $600/column