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What Freelance Writers Earn: The 2025 Make a Living Writing Pay Survey

Writers' Income Survey

What types of writing do you do, and what do you get paid for each type? Help the freelance community learn what 'going rates' really are in 2025.
1.How long have you been a freelance writer?(Required.)
2.How much of your income comes from freelance writing? Choose the answer closest to your situation:(Required.)
3.What do you get paid per short (500-800 word) blog post, on average?(Required.)
4.What do you get paid per long (1000-2000 word) blog post, on average?(Required.)
5.Do you do any ghostwritten blogging for thought leaders/CEOs on Medium, LinkedIn Pulse, Forbes, HuffPo, etc? If so, state your rates per post:(Required.)
6.What do you get paid per short (500-750 word) article, on average?(Required.)
7.What do you get paid per long (1000-2000+ word) article, on average?(Required.)
8.What do you get paid for writing a 1-2 page case study?(Required.)
9.What do you get paid for writing white papers, on a per-page basis?(Required.)
10.What do you get paid for writing informational short web pages (300-500 words), on a per-page basis?(Required.)
11.What do you get paid for writing a long sales page, on average?(Required.)
12.What do you get paid for writing marketing emails, on a per-email basis?(Required.)
13.What do you get paid for writing video or audio scripts, on a per-minute basis?(Required.)
14.What is your average hourly rate earned, across all your writing gigs?(Required.)
15.What is the best-paid type of writing you do?(Required.)
16.What type(s) of writing do you do the most?(Required.)
17.What type of writing do you most want to break into or do more of?(Required.)
18.How do you find most of your writing clients? Indicate your most-effective method:(Required.)
19.How has AI impacted your freelance writing work?(Required.)
20.If you'd like to be entered in the random drawing, enter your name and email here:
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