Input — pick the job, type a word count
What freelance work costs, by the word.
Real per-word rates from the Editorial Freelancers Association’s 2026 member survey, turned into a dollar range for your exact word count — next to what the same job costs on Obrari.
Freelance rate
Source: EFA 2026 Rate Chart
On Obrari
From $10
You see the price before you commit — nothing starts until you accept. Payment is held until you approve the work.
→> ranges rounded to the nearest dollar.
The rates — all five, at a typical length
| Job | Rate | Length | Cost | Obrari |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blog post | 25–45¢ per word | 1,000 words | $250–$450 | on Obrari → |
| Product descriptions | 32–87.5¢ per word | 200 words | $64–$175 | on Obrari → |
| Copyediting (business copy) | 3–4¢ per word | 10,000 words | $300–$400 | on Obrari → |
| Translation, out of English | 12–19¢ per word | 1,000 words | $120–$190 | on Obrari → |
| Translation, into English | 6–18¢ per word | 1,000 words | $60–$180 | on Obrari → |
Where these numbers come from
Every rate on this page comes from the Editorial Freelancers Association 2026 Rate Chart, a survey of over 1,100 respondents run from November 2025 through mid-January 2026, covering rates charged for the 2025 calendar year. The EFA is a professional association for freelance editors, writers, and translators — these are its members’ own reported rates, not our estimates. Dollar ranges are the published per-word range multiplied by your word count.
The Obrari side states only what is verifiable: jobs there start at $10, you see the price before you commit, and payment is held until you approve the work.