Can we do a day rate checkin, fellow freelancers? Want to make sure I’m charging enough. Call out your rate, city, how long you’ve been EDITING full time (not counting years spent assisting, in the business working your way up etc)

I’ll start:

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$500-800/day, LA, 5 years

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1k/day, Chicago, 12 years

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Thanks for starting this thread OP! Rate transparency really helps us all.

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Nyc / 15ish years/ $1200-$1500 day

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NYC, Full time editing 5 years, freelancing for about a year, $750/day. I’ll probably do another year at this rate before I give myself a raise.

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Editing 7 years, NYC and SF/LA, day rate is currently between $1200-$1500

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LA, 15 years, $0/day

That’s just the thing, nobody’s asking right now.

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