Copyright ©  2011, Court Street Media General Editorial Rates Type of Work Estimated Pace Range of Fees Copyediting, Basic 5-10 ms pgs per hr $30-40/hr Copyediting, Heavy 2–5 ms pgs per hr $40–50/hr Developmental Editing 1–5 pgs per hr $60–80/hr Layout, Books 6-10 pgs per hr $45-85/hr Layout, Newsletters 1-4 pgs per hr $40-100/pr pg Project Management NA $9-30/pr pg; $40-90/hr Proofreading 9-13 ms pgs per hr $30-35/hr Researching NA $40-75/hr Substantive Line Editing 1–6 ms pgs per hr $50–60/hr Transcribing Variable $3-5/pg Writing 1-3 ms pgs per hr $50-100/hr 5¢-$2/wd NOTE ms = manuscript, pr = printed, pg = page, hr = hour, wd = word