Setting Rates

Helpful articles

• "Playing the Rates Game and Negotiating the Fair Win," a talk by negotiation expert Ted Leonhardt presented by the Northwest Editors Guild, Seattle, May 2019
  • Tips on negotiating, especially for women
• Northwest Editors Guild blog post on setting rates, May 2019

Charts, calculators, and rate lists

• EFA (Editorial Freelancers Association) rate survey -- a popular reference point in the industry (some experienced editors consider these rates to be on the low side)
• Reedsy's calculator + tips on the many things to consider in figuring your rate
• Rates of some Seattle manuscript consultants

Justifying your rates (cogent explanations of the value of editing)

• Academic copyediting (may be adaptable broadly to other types of editing)