Writing Fees

Periodical Writing

General Interest/Consumer Magazines
$1.50 per word
$500 to $10,000 per article
$400 to $1,500 per column

Trade/Special Interest Magazines
$1.00 per word
$500 to $4,000 per article
$300 to $1,000 per column

Newspaper Writing

Large Daily Newspapers
$1.00 per word
$250 to $2,500 per article
$330 to $1,250 per column

Smaller Community Newspapers
$0.50 per word
$75 to $1,000 per article
$75 to $500 per column

Online/Web Site Writing

$2.50 per word
$75.00 per hour

Advertising Material

Copy/Scripts/News Releases
$400 per page
$750 to $1,000 per project for brochures
$75.00 per hour

Advertorials
(articles commissioned by advertisers)
$100.00 per hour
Includes travel and think time, meetings, phone calls and interviews.

Reports/Marketing Plans/Technical Writing
$5.00 word
$500 to $15,000+ per Project 
$100.00 per hour

Also includes Marketing/Sales Scripts

Editing

$75.00 per hour

Ghost Writing

Articles
Generally 2 times the usual rate

Books
$25,000 to $75,000 flat fee
Entire advance + 50% of royalties

Government Writing

News Releases/Studies/Reports
$5.00 per word
$3,000 to $150,000+ per project
$200 per hour

Newsletters

Writing only; layout extra
$2.00 per word
$400 to $8,000+ per issue
$75.00 per hour

Scripts

Radio (highly variable)
$100.00 per minute of script

Television (highly variable)
$125.00 per minute of script

Speech Writing

$1,000 to $10,000+ per speech
$150.00 per hour

Teaching/Instruction

$150.00 per hour
$1,000 per day

Plus any travel expenses (Air, Milege, Meals, Boarding etc)

Translation/Adaptation

Literary
$1.00 per word

Other
$0.25 per word
$100.00 per hour