[stylist] editing

[slery]

It all depends on the type of editing and the material.

Here are the current rates from the Editorial Freelancers Association.

Type of Work 	Estimated Pace 	Range of Fees
Copyediting, basic 	5–10 ms pgs/hr 	$25–40/hr
Copyediting, heavy 	2–5 ms pgs/hr 	$35–50/hr
Substantive | line editing 	1–6 ms pgs/hr 	$40–65/hr
Developmental editing 	1–5 pgs/hr 	$50–80/hr
Layout | newsletters 	1–4 pgs/hr 	$40–70/prn pg
Layout | books 	6–10 pgs/hr 	$45–85/hr
Indexing 	8–20 prn pgs/hr 	$35–65/hour
$3.50–12/indexable prn pg
Project management 	NA 	$9.00–20.00/prn pg
$40–70/hr
Proofreading 	5–10 ms pgs/hr 	$25–35/hr
Researching 	NA 	$25-50/hr
Translating 	300–500 wds/hr 	20-50¢/wd
Writing 	1–3 ms pgs/hr 	$50–100/hr
$1–$2/wd
Transcribing 	variable 	$3–$5/pg
NOTE   ms = manuscript, prn = printed, pg = page, hr = hour, wd = word 


Cindy
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> Does anyone know the going rate for editing? I know it used 
> to be a dollar a 
> page but I think it is up to 3. Anyone else know?
> 
> Thanks,
> Atty
> 
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