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Each locator gives the series ID.", "No averages were computed across sources, no per-word rates were converted to hourly rates and no figures were inflation-adjusted." ], "limitations": [ "EFA respondents are members of one professional association and answered only for the services they provide, so each range rests on an unpublished, often small, number of answers.", "The EFA publishes ranges around the median, not percentiles or sample sizes. Do not read the endpoints as the lowest or highest rates charged.", "BLS wages describe employees, not freelancers, and exclude the self-employed entirely." ], "sources": [ { "id": "efa-2026", "publisher": "Editorial Freelancers Association", "title": "2026 Rate Chart (editorial rates reported for 2025)", "url": "https://www.the-efa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2026-Rate-Chart.pdf", "publicationDate": "2026-03-29", "accessed": "2026-10-17", "primarySource": true, "license": "Selected factual observations with attribution. 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