NUJ Rate for the Job: Words, other / other

Rates archived as at 2025-07-09

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.

Words, other / other Work paid by the piece, for example, that's not for newspapers, magazines, books, PR or online publications. These are archived rates. The current rates are here.
Tell us what you've been paid for Words, other / other		Freelance Fees Guide
Publication / Programme - details & terms	Group	Year		Total paid	GR	XXXX
Grassroots interviewing, writing up report and filling in a couple of grids exps. paid. i.e. phonecalls		2001		600.00	GR
Academic policy reports reports, nominally 6000 words	_HMG	2006		1800.00
Annual report for small charity 12 easy pages, incl. layout		2006		600.00
Booklet for DVD US independent record label - "write as many words as you want"! $750		2008		384.00
Cherry Red Records liner notes for reissue CD, word count not specified no terms specified		2013		125.00		X
Economic and Social Research Council per 500-word Plain English summary	_HMG	2007		250.00
FirstWord 10-15,000 word business intelligence report on pharmaceutical industry marketing, telephone interviews with senior managers and directors, 6 weeks		2010		3500.00		O
Political risk analysis 350-400 word analytical articles on political risk , terms: all rights plus legal liability		2008		30.00		XXXX
Public + Commercial Services union copywriting campaign literature, per hour	_TU	2001		20.00
Renaissance Press political comment, wordage unspecified		2010		50.00		X
Romsey Group 'for 2-page feature including pix'		1993		150.00
Royal Mail, Stamps + Collectibles department writing commemorative stamp presentation pack (incl all expenses incl. attending Central London design presentation meetings) 800 words	_HMG	2006		750.00
Saibs advertorial writing out-of-house: £150 per page (300-800 words approx); DPS £250	_IPC	2006		250.00	GR
Small technology publisher piece on technology trend, approx 2-3k words. Payment is one-off per piece to subscribers and £100 for each extra sale. Expected yield around 1k sometimes 1.5k £100 for each sale beyond subscriber base; extra for any work arising from the piece (e		2007		850.00	GR
Key to the rates, by column:
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
4 Currency: either or or (US)
5 Amount paid (total of basic licence and extra licences for web use, database resale...)				Amount
7 "Going Rate" according to experienced NUJ members - do try to better it:					GR
or Minimum rate set out in NUJ House Agreement:					HA
8 Underpaid, in the fallible opinion of the Freelance editor:				50.00		X
or Just sometimes we're pleasantly surprised:				1500.00		O

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