Christian Editing Rates Survey

Rate Chart Survey Christian Editor Association would like your help to create the Christian Editing Standard Rate Chart. We are asking as many freelance Christian editors as possible in the US market, regardless of experience or type of editing, to provide information about their freelance work and editing rates.

We estimate your total response time to be fewer than ten minutes. Please answer each question below in the way that best fits your business. Provide candid answers in the comment section to clarify your “Other” responses. Only fill out the survey once. And please help us spread the word in order to have a substantial collection of data.

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Thank you for participating in this survey and providing valuable feedback to assist editors all over the country.

Why are we doing this? When will the results be posted? Read the FAQs.

THE FIRST TWELVE QUESTIONS ARE SPECIFICALLY ABOUT HOW YOU CHARGE FOR YOUR SERVICES.

1. How do you currently determine your rates? (Select one or more.) *

The Editorial Freelancers Association rate chart

Another rate chart (Please explain.)

What my mentor told me to charge

What I?ve heard from other editors (Please explain.)

What my clients are able to pay

What I'm willing to work for

What I've learned from experience

Other (Please explain.)

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

2. How often do you increase your rates? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

3. How much do you charge per hour for a substantive or developmental edit? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

4. How much do you charge per hour to copyedit or line edit? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

5. How much do you charge per hour to proofread? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

6. How much do you charge per word for a substantive or developmental edit? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

7. How much do you charge per word to copyedit or line edit? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

8. How much do you charge per word to proofread? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

9. How much do you charge per page for a substantive or developmental edit? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

10. How much do you charge per page to copyedit or line edit? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

11. How much do you charge per page to proofread? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

12. When billing by the project, how do you determine the price? (Write in your answer.)

Please provide further explanation for any questions about charging for your services. Be sure to specify the question number for each response.

THE NEXT FOUR QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT YOUR SPEED IN ORDER FOR US TO COMPARE YOUR RATES.

Assume standard page formatting of approximately 250 words per double-spaced page.

13. How many pages per hour do you average on a substantive edit or developmental edit? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

14. How many pages per hour do you average on a copyedit/line edit? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

15. How many pages per hour do you average on a proofread (in MS Word)? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

16. How many pages per hour do you average on a proofread (in standard book pdf format)? *

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

Please provide further explanation for any questions about your speed. Be sure to specify the question number for each response. Thank you.

**THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ARE NOT REQUIRED BUT WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND YOUR BUSINESS AND COMPILE TRENDS.**

17. Who are your primary clients? (Select one or more.)

Beginning or intermediate authors who are unsure about their publishing plans

Authors who plan to self-publish or subsidy publish

Authors who plan to submit to traditional publishers

Previously published authors

Publishing houses

Other (Please explain.)

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

18. What type of editing services do you offer? (Select one or more.)

Proofreading

Copyediting/line editing

Substantive/content editing

Book doctoring/developmental editing

Ghostwriting

Formatting

Indexing

Other (Please explain.)

Please explain your choice of "Other" *

21. Do you accept rush jobs?

Please explain your flat rate and/or percentage. *

22. Do you offer discounts? (Select one or more.)

Yes, for clients referred by an existing or former client.

Yes, from conference contacts.

Yes, for clients who bought one of my published books.

Yes, for members of certain writers? or critique groups.

Yes, for friends and family.

Yes, if clients purchase multiple editing services.

Yes, as God leads me.

I do not offer discounts.

Other (Please explain.)

Please explain *

23. How many years have you been editing for pay?

24. How many hours per week do you typically spend editing?

25. How much of your work is subject to a referral fee?

Please offer further explanation for any questions about your business. Be sure to specify the question number for each response. *

ALMOST DONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YOUR RESPONSES WILL HELP THOSE IN THE CHRISTIAN EDITING INDUSTRY.

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Comments

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