NUJ Rate for the Job:
recent rates for Words, per 1000 / mags
Updated: 2022-07-19
These rates have been reported by members of the National Union of Journalists and others, and printed in the Freelance, newsletter of London Freelance Branch. They are sorted by publisher/publication, then by date (most recent first). TIP: Use the "Find in page" command under your browser's "Edit" or "Search" menu to be sure of finding all occurrences of a publication/publisher. AND do note the year in which the rate was reported! See also the Freelance Fees Guide, which gives general recommendations. And read the disclaimer and the key to exactly what the entries mean.
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Work paid by the thousand words, whose primary use is in a magazine. (Generic rates for publishing groups appear at the end.) If you are interested, the archived rates are here. | ||||||
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Publication / Programme - details & terms | Group | Year | ![]() |
Total paid | GR |
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5280 digital story - 600 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
5280 print fob story 600 words @ $375 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
625.00 | |||
Aesthetica print feature 1750 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
57.00 | |||
Africa Report 1500-word feature @ €400 - all rights | 2021 | ![]() |
267.00 | GR | ||
Amateur Photographer Op-ed - £75 for 400 words - as reported to journoresources.org.uk | 2020 | ![]() |
188.00 | |||
Amateur Photographer 400-word op-ed piece @ £75 = | 2019 | ![]() |
187.50 | |||
Another Man Listicle (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | |||
Apolitical feature up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
375.00 | |||
Apple book review - up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
222.00 | |||
Architectural Digest digital feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Art in America review 900 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
278.00 | |||
Art uk 1000 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | |||
ArtReview feature 1200 words @ £420 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | |||
ArtReview Asia cover feature including interview, 1200 words @ £420 (no expenses) = | 2022 | ![]() |
350.00 | GR | ||
ArtReview long book review 1200 words @ £420 = | 2022 | ![]() |
350.00 | O | ||
ArtReview exhibition review (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | |||
ArtReview exhibition review (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | |||
Atlantic feature - 4000 words @ £6000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
1500.00 | |||
Atlas by Etihad (online) Travel round up 500 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | |||
Atlas Obscura feature 1200 words @ £600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Atlas Obscura feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
375.00 | |||
Atlas Obscura feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
400.00 | |||
Atlas Obscura feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Backstage magazine feature 1200 words @ $250 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
208.00 | |||
Bandcamp Daily music writing - according to whopayswriters.com | 2020 | ![]() |
530.00 | |||
Bandcamp interview 700 words @ £325 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
464.00 | |||
Bandcamp interview 1200 words @ $350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
292.00 | |||
BBC Future in-depth digital feature 1500 words @ £600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
400.00 | |||
BBC History Magazine Feature, 2500 words @ £375 (all rights) = | _Immed | 2021 | ![]() |
150.00 | ||
BBC Science Focus print article 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
BBC Worklife news feature assigned at 1000, with edits ~1400 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
321.00 | |||
Beatportal feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
Billboard reporting news story 200 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
2000.00 | |||
Billboard features (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Bloomberg Businessweek feature - 3750 words @ US$11,250 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bloomb | 2020 | ![]() |
3000.00 | ||
Bloomberg Businessweek feature , terms - 1st NA serial, I retain copyright | _Bloomb | 2021 | ![]() |
2500.00 | O | |
Bloomberg Businessweek feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bloomb | 2020 | ![]() |
2000.00 | ||
Bloomberg article , terms - 1st North America serial rights - author retains copyright | _Bloomb | 2021 | ![]() |
1250.00 | O | |
Bloomberg feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bloomb | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | ||
Bon Appetit (web) personal essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | |||
Bon Appetit personal essay 400 words @ $250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
625.00 | |||
Brightest Young Things essay - 1200 words @ $75 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
62.00 | |||
Business Insider personal narative 800 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Business Insider personal narrative 1000 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | |||
Business Insider op-ed for the commentary section 800 words @ $450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
563.00 | |||
Bustle UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
133.00 | |||
Bustle personal essay 800 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Camadian Geographic feature - according to whopayswriters.com | _NatGeo | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | ||
ChannelPro B2B trade press - feature article (2 interviews and a research report or similar minimum) 800 words @ £200 = - all rights | _Dennis | 2021 | ![]() |
250.00 | ||
ChannelPro feature (specialist b2b) 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Chat first person copy with victim of domestic violence plus case study 1400 words @ £2500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
1786.00 | |||
Church Times feature, multiple sources and lots of research words @ £ = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
CityMetric feature up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
437.00 | |||
Closer Feature - 1800 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
167.00 | |||
CoBo Social online arts magazine based in Hong Kong original reviews of 1000 +/- 100 words - (do not know what uses licensed) | 2022 | ![]() |
200.00 | GR | ||
Complex reported piece 1600 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Condé Nast Traveler online feature 2200 words @ £350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
159.00 | ||
Condé Nast Traveler short feature 1000 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
400.00 | ||
Consequence of Sound Op-ed/essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | |||
Cosmopolitan UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | ||
Cosmopolitan UK print feature 2000 words @ £600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | ||
Cosmopolitan US feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Hearst | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | ||
Cosmopolitan SEO up to 800 words @ $175 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
219.00 | ||
Cosmopolitan service essay 1000 words @ $250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | ||
Cosmopolitan feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | ||
Cosmopolitan first person feature 400 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | ||
Cosmopolitan reported feature 1200 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | ||
Cosmopolitan reported feature 900 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
222.00 | ||
Crack feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
127.00 | |||
Curbed feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
600.00 | |||
Curbed feature 2500 words @ $1350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
540.00 | |||
Dazed / Huck feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
Dazed beauty interview with youtuber 1200 words @ £175 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
146.00 | |||
Dazed opinion up to 600 words @ £120 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
Dazed feature 1500 words @ £180 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
120.00 | |||
Dazed feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
120.00 | |||
Dazed digital op-ed (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
180.00 | |||
Devex feature story 1136 words @ $528 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
465.00 | |||
Dicebreaker list guide 1500 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
167.00 | |||
Direct Relief story essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Discover Magazine news 350 words @ $350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | |||
DIY feature - 1500 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
667.00 | |||
Dork feature 500 words @ £20 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
40.00 | |||
Downbeat Q&A interview 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | |||
Eater reported feature 2000 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Eater news story 1500 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
Eater Boston short feature 800 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
188.00 | |||
Eater London feature - 800 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
187.00 | |||
Economist 1843 feature - 5000 words @ £3500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | __misc | 2020 | ![]() |
700.00 | ||
Economist 400 words @ £500 - all rights | 2021 | ![]() |
1250.00 | O | ||
Economist culture blog post (via #FreelancerPayGap) | __misc | 2020 | ![]() |
162.00 | ||
Economist online arts blog 600 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
333.00 | |||
Electric + Hybrid Rail Technology 1500 words @ £480 FBS = | 2022 | ![]() |
320.00 | GR | ||
Elle UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Hach | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | ||
Empire writer retained copyright | _Bauer | 2021 | ![]() |
350.00 | ||
Empire feature - 2400 words @ £720 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bauer | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | ||
Ensia feature - 1200 words @ $900 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
750.00 | |||
Ensia online feature 800 words @ £600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
750.00 | |||
Entertainment Weekly feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | ||
Equal Times (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
Equal Times news story 1200 words @ €300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Esquire UK long read on anniversary of big TV show (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | ||
Esquire.com (online only) fashion feature (plus provided images) (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | ||
Esquire online feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatMag | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | ||
Esquire feature - according to whopayswriters.com | _Hearst | 2020 | ![]() |
1330.00 | ||
EUobserver feature - 700 words @ €150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
214.00 | |||
Euromoney magazine Feature or news writing | _Assoc | 2021 | ![]() |
500.00 | GR | O |
Expert Reviews review (group test) 1000 words @ £120 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
120.00 | |||
Fabulous reported Long Read 2400 words @ £950 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
396.00 | |||
Fashionista US feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
Feel Good You health story, case-study led, 800 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
313.00 | |||
Ferment feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
220.00 | |||
Food and Wine feature 800 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Foreign Policy feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
357.00 | |||
Foreign Policy feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
Forge (Medium) feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | |||
Fortean Times Forum article (2019), 2000 words @ £100 = | _Dennis | 2021 | ![]() |
50.00 | ||
Fortune news analysis 1500 words @ $1000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
667.00 | |||
Gastro Obscura feature - 1100 words @ $550 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Gizmodo UK review 1000 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | |||
Glamour true life story 1800 words @ £550 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
306.00 | |||
Grazia online Various 1000 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
Grazia print feature on people breaking lockdown to have sex 600 words @ £50p per word = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | GR | ||
Grazia personal essay piece 900 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Greatist essays to reported pieces up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
312.00 | |||
Greatist reported narrative 800 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
GuitarWorld.com interview (US-based, but pays UK freelancers in sterling) 1500 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | |||
Happiful Magazine feature 800 words @ £140 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
175.00 | |||
Harper's Bazaar short story by Virginia Woolf - 1500 words @ £200 in 1937, adjusted for inflation = | _Hearst | 2021 | ![]() |
9300.00 | ||
Harper's Bazaar feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Hearst | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | ||
Hello Giggles essay - 500 words @ $150 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | |||
HelloGiggles reported feature 1000 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
Huck interview feature 900 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
111.00 | |||
Huck Interview / profile (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | |||
Huffington Post UK personal essay 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | |||
Huffington Post personal essay 1100 words @ $125 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
114.00 | GR | ||
Huffington Post op-ed 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | |||
Huffington Post op-ed - 800 words commissioned, filed more (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
140.00 | |||
Huffington Post op-ed 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | |||
Huffington Post op-ed 750 words @ $140 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
187.00 | |||
Huffington Post reported feature 1200 words @ £396 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
330.00 | |||
Huffington Post op-ed 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | |||
Huffington Post personal story 800 words @ $140 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
175.00 | |||
Huffington Post opinion piece 800 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | |||
HuffPost feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | ![]() |
567.00 | ||
HuffPost feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | ![]() |
333.00 | ||
Hyperallergic news story 600 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
333.00 | |||
Hyperallergic interview feature 1200 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | |||
i-D (offered on Twitter by an editor) | 2021 | ![]() |
200.00 | GR | ||
i-D op-ed 900 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
222.00 | |||
i-D feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
i-D feature / culture piece - multiple interviews 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
i-D feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
Increment feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | |||
Inside Lacrosse feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Insider first-person essay 1200 words @ $185 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
154.00 | |||
Insider product round-up 700 words @ £90 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
129.00 | |||
Insider (lifestyle) photo essay and feature 1000 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
InStyle essay - 800 words @ $350 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
437.00 | |||
InStyle 600 words @ US$350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
583.00 | |||
IPE Real Assets feature article with interviews - | 2021 | ![]() |
400.00 | |||
ITPro feature 1000 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Jacobin op-ed (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
50.00 | |||
Kinfolk interview feature 1200 words @ $600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Kinfolk short feature 200 words @ $100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Kinfolk (US print magazine) feature | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
Kveller personal essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | |||
LatinNews feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
92.00 | |||
Le Figaro feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
260.00 | |||
Literary Hub feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
167.00 | |||
Little White Lies review 500 words @ £45 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
90.00 | |||
Live Science short news 500 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
400.00 | |||
London in Stereo feature / how-to 1000-2000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
Lonely Planet online travel feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
Mabuhay Magazine feature, 1400 words @ 700 Singapore dollars (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Ink | 2020 | ![]() |
391.00 | ||
Maddyness feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
136.00 | |||
Marie Claire feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | ![]() |
325.00 | ||
Marker feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
800.00 | |||
MarketWatch feature - 1200 words @ $500 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
417.00 | |||
Mechanical Engineering Feature - 1800 words @ $1500 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
833.00 | |||
medium onezero feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | |||
Meininger's Wine Business International Feature - 1500 words @ €600 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
400.00 | |||
MEL Magazine reported feature 1000 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
400.00 | |||
Military Technology crisis rate - previously €200 - FBS | 2021 | ![]() |
150.00 | GR | ||
Military Technology reports for website from in-person industry events - web use - crisis rate - previously €200 | 2021 | ![]() |
150.00 | GR | ||
Mojo and Q Re-use of features in Collectors Series | _Bauer | 2021 | ![]() |
90.00 | GR | |
Mojo and Q Re-use of features in Collectors Series - rate negotiated in 2010 | _Bauer | 2021 | ![]() |
130.00 | ||
Moneywise feature - 1200 words @ £525 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Moneyw | 2020 | ![]() |
437.00 | ||
Monocle 200 words @ £140 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
700.00 | |||
Monocle feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
700.00 | |||
Monocle 450 words @ £300 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
667.00 | |||
Montel News market-specific news story/market commentary 400 words @ £120 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | |||
Morning Calm (Korean Air inflight) travel cover feature 3000 words @ $2000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
667.00 | |||
Mr Porter UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
700.00 | |||
N by Norwegian (inflight mag) 1500 word feature story with two days reporting abroad @ £500 = terms - not discussed | _Ink | 2019 | ![]() |
333.00 | ||
National Geographic online news story 7-day assignment 3500 words @ $4375 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatGeo | 2020 | ![]() |
1250.00 | ||
National Geographic Traveller UK feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatGeo | 2020 | ![]() |
220.00 | ||
National Geographic features 1000 words @ £220 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NatGeo | 2020 | ![]() |
220.00 | ||
Nature feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Holtzb | 2020 | ![]() |
1250.00 | ||
Nature feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Holtzb | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | ||
Nature Feature 2400 words @ £1800 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Holtzb | 2020 | ![]() |
750.00 | ||
New Scientist feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Assoc | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | ||
New Scientist feature 2400 words @ £1200 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Assoc | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | ||
New Scientist feature 2700 words @ £1350 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Assoc | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | ||
New Scientist news 300 words @ £135 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
450.00 | |||
New Scientist news story 600 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
New Scientist features (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
510.00 | |||
New Statesman feature 1750 words @ £600 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
343.00 | |||
New Statesman column (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
400.00 | |||
New Statesman print feature 2500 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
New Statesman interview 600 words @ £166 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
277.00 | |||
New Statesman news story 800 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
New York Magazine profile 750 words @ $500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
667.00 | |||
New Yorker feature 5000 words @ $9500 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
1900.00 | ||
New Yorker shouts and murmurs 400 words @ $2000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
5000.00 | O | |
New Yorker TheNewYorker.com feature , terms - 1st NA serial, I retain copyright | _Advance | 2021 | ![]() |
1550.00 | GR | O |
NME review 400 words @ £60 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
NME cover story - 2400 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
125.00 | |||
NME TV review 500 words @ £70 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
140.00 | |||
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North and South long features | 2021 | ![]() |
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Professional Engineer | 2019 | ![]() |
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Radio Times interview feature 900 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Radio Times Interview (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Reader's Digest feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Resident Advisor album review - 500 words @ £100 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Restless opinion 800 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Reverb list feature 700 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Rock Paper Shotgun reported feature 1500 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Rocking On License to reuse edit of feature first published 1988 - one use | 2021 | ![]() |
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Rolling Stone culture feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Wenner | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | ||
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Self feature - 1200 words @ $500 = | _CondN | 2021 | ![]() |
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Skyword blog post - up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Sports Illustrated feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _AOLTW | 2020 | ![]() |
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Stylist opinion piece 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Stylist reported feature 1400 words @ £490 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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SyFy Long-form listicle ranking nearly 40 entries in 1500-2000 words (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Teen Vogue profile or interview - via whopayswriters.com | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
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Television interview feature 1200 words @ £360 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Art Newspaper 250-word news feature @ £100 = | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Atlantic reported story with multiple interviews 1200 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Atlantic opinion or essay - according to whopayswriters.com | 2020 | ![]() |
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The AV Club (Film) long read on the making of a terrible film 2000 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Criterion Offered by T.S. Eliot to Virginia Woolf for 'Character in Fiction' in 1924 - £20 for 5000 words - Second British Serial Rights - and her Hogarth Press went on publish it a third time | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Culture Trip feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
The Culture Trip detailed listicle (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
180.00 | |||
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115.00 | |||
The Cut feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
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The Face feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Face feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Bauer | 2020 | ![]() |
167.00 | ||
The Face interview feature with up-and-coming pop star 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
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133.00 | |||
The Face online feature 1600 words @ £320 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
The Femedic feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Financial Diet essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
50.00 | |||
The Grocer feature (print & online) 3250 words @ £1137.05 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | |||
The Journalist story spiked, in spite of which editor reminded me to invoice - | _TU | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Journalist 750 words @ £250 = | _TU | 2019 | ![]() |
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The Ktchn personal essay 300 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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The Lily (by Washington Post) feature 1200 words @ $400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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333.00 | |||
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500.00 | |||
The Register feature - | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
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250.00 | |||
The Skinny feature 1200 words @ £45 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
38.00 | |||
The Week Junior typically 700 words @ £175 = | 2022 | ![]() |
250.00 | GR | ||
The Week Junior basic news story, 400 words @ £140 = | 2022 | ![]() |
350.00 | |||
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100.00 | |||
Times Literary Supplement review 500 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _TSL | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | ||
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167.00 | ||
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100.00 | |||
Times Travel (Sat sup) travel feature 1000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _NI | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | ||
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200.00 | |||
Tortoise heavily-reported long read 4000 words @ £2000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
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100.00 | |||
Town and Country article, terms - 1st North America serial rights | _Hearst | 2021 | ![]() |
3000.00 | O | |
Trade/b2b publications features 2000 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
225.00 | |||
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1250.00 | |||
Tribune Magazine feature 800 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
188.00 | |||
TripSavvy travel listicle 1000 words @ $200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
Undark magazine feature 1800 words @ $1800 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Vice UK feature 1600 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Vice UK feature 1500 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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450.00 | |||
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Vice feature 1000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Vice reported feature on making of tv show 2000 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Vice short reported feature 900 words @ £225 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Vice listicle 1200 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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Vice feature-length report 950 words @ £750 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
789.00 | |||
Vice 2500 words @ £2000 no exes = | 2020 | ![]() |
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Vice Germany 800 words @ €400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
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VinePair feature 1700 words @ $300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
176.00 | |||
Vogue Business 800 words @ $250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
313.00 | |||
Vogue Global Network feature 1000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | |||
Vogue Global Network feature 1000 words @ £350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | |||
Vogue UK interview 800 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
313.00 | ||
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188.00 | ||
Vox feature 1500 words @ £570 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
380.00 | |||
Vox feature 1500 words @ £380 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
253.00 | |||
Vox reported feature 1600 words @ $500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
313.00 | |||
Wallpaper* (online) news stories, features, etc. (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | |||
Wallpaper* (print) profile 1200 words @ €600 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | |||
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667.00 | |||
Wanderlust feature 800 words @ £176 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
220.00 | |||
WhoWhatWhy news story 750 words @ $50 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
67.00 | |||
Wired sponsored content feature 1500 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
267.00 | ||
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208.00 | ||
Wired feature 1500 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
267.00 | ||
Wired long-form feature 4000 words @ £1400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | ||
Wired online feature 1200 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
375.00 | ||
Wired UK Translation rights (Japanese edition) | _CondN | 2021 | ![]() |
65.00 | ||
Wired UK Feature 1200 words @ £400, negotiated up from £350 (to the surprise of the writer they paid another $78 for Japanese translation rights) | _CondN | 2021 | ![]() |
333.00 | ||
Wired UK feature (online) 2000 words @ £350 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
175.00 | ||
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333.00 | ||
Wired UK feature 3000 words @ £300 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | ||
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350.00 | ||
Wired UK long-read feature 4000 words @ £1400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | ||
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208.00 | ||
Wired UK (print) feature 4000 words @ £1400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _CondN | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | ||
Woman Alive feature 700 words @ £85 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
121.00 | |||
Women in Trade feature 700 words @ £75 but £30 deducted for 'heavy editing' = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
64.00 | |||
Women in Trade ghost-writing a feature article - Q&A provided (£25 was deducted for minor edits) (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
75.00 | |||
Women's Health UK (print) feature 2000 words @ £450 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
225.00 | |||
Wonderland long-form interview 2000 words @ £100 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
50.00 | |||
World Politics Review 1100 words @ £250 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
227.00 | |||
Xtra magazine personal essay, 1200-1500 words for 325 Canadian Dollars 1200-1500 words @ £CAD 325 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
187.00 | |||
Yes! Magazine feature 1400 words @ £425 USD = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
311.00 | |||
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140.00 | |||
Zagat Stories feature 1500 words @ £500 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
333.00 | |||
A music magazine Re-use of article published in 1986 - 7000 words @ £800 | _Bauer | 2020 | ![]() |
114.00 | ||
AZo Networks feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
37.50 | |||
B2B retail sector researching, interviewing and writing article - 1800 words @ £200 = | _DCT | 2022 | ![]() |
111.00 | ||
BBC Culture feature 1250 words @ £400 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | ![]() |
320.00 | ||
BBC Future feature (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | ![]() |
400.00 | ||
BBC Travel feature - 1200 words @ $600 (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | ![]() |
500.00 | ||
BBC Worklife feature up to (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _BBC | 2020 | ![]() |
1000.00 | ||
Canvas8 Library report 2000 words @ £400 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | |||
gal-dem.com profile feature 1200 words @ £70 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
58.00 | |||
Immediate Media interview feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Immed | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | ||
Immediate Media feature 1000 words @ £200 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _Immed | 2020 | ![]() |
200.00 | ||
Justine Grosset branded blog article (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Local free magazine interview-based feature 500 words @ £60 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
120.00 | |||
Motion Picture Editors Guild (USA) 1250-word feature @ $1250 | 2021 | ![]() |
1000.00 | |||
MTV essay (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
350.00 | |||
MusicRadar.com interview (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
100.00 | |||
Novara media feature 1200 words @ £70 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
58.00 | |||
NUJ 400 words @ £124 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | _TU | 2020 | ![]() |
310.00 | ||
Oxford University 1000 words @ £2000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
2000.00 | |||
Parents.com how-to 1000 words @ $150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
150.00 | |||
Penguin Random House web article 500 words @ £150 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
300.00 | |||
Trade mag 2000-word in-depth feature, with multiple interviews @ £500, all rights yielded | 2019 | ![]() |
250.00 | |||
Trade union magazine 1500-word body with 2 x 200 word boxouts @ £480 = | _TU | 2021 | ![]() |
253.00 | O | |
Various statistical report 5000 words @ $6000 = (via #FreelancerPayGap) | 2020 | ![]() |
1200.00 | |||
Key to the rates, by column: |
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1 Publication / Programme, any details of work and licence | ||||||
2 Owner at the time the rate was reported, where known | Group | |||||
3 The year in which the rate was reported | Year |
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4 Currency: either ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() |
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5 Amount paid (total of basic licence and extra licences for web use, database resale...) | Amount |
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7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it: | GR |
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or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement: | HA |
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8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor: | ![]() | 50.00 | X |
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or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised: | ![]() | 1500.00 | O |
Other recent rates:
Type of work: | In the "sector": (click or tap below!) | ||||||
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Words, per 1000 | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
Words, other | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
Photography | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
Broadcasting | News | Local | Other including podcasting | ||||
Shifts | News | Local | Mag | online | Book | PR | Other |
Other: | Cartoons | Crosswords | Illustration | Punditry | Retainer | Teaching | Tip-off | Translation | ||||||
Recently reported rates | all from the past few months |

