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The following information is the result of a poll taken on the Yahoo! Scopists Support Group E-mail group. These results are meant as a tool for a scopist to get an idea what other scopists are charging for the same services. The results are not scientific by any means. In order for an amount to be listed, two or more scopists must have said that that was their rate out of the 20 scopists who responded. (NOTE: Some scopists in the poll do not accept jobs requiring audiotapes at all. Of the scopists who are willing to use tapes, the following rates were reported.) Click to subscribe to Scopists Support Group - It's free! How long have you been scoping? The length of experience of scopists participating in this poll ranged from one month to 25 years. What is your NORMAL turnaround time? Normal turnaround time is 3 to 7 days for freelance work, 30 to 50 days for trials.
What is your EXPEDITED turnaround time? Expedited turnaround time is anything less than three days. Most call "expedited" turnaround two days.
What is your DAILY turnaround time? Daily turnaround is anything less than 24 hours for most scopists.
 About half the scopists polled charge more for technical jobs. If so, what percentage do you add on to your rate? This varied greatly from scopist to scopist. The rates were as low as .10 more a page to a high rate of .65 more a page. Do you charge more for medical jobs? Same as technical question. If so, what percentage do you add on to your rate? Same as technical rates. If you are working with a really excellent writer, do you discount your rate? Only a handful of scopists discount their rates for excellent writers. If so, what type of discount do you give? The average discount was .10 a page, although a couple scopists gave a bigger discount. If you are working with a terrible writer, do you add on to your rate? Most scopists either charged more or simply refused to work with a writer who was either a terrible writer or one that refused to update his/her dictionary. If so, how much more per page do you charge? Rates varied from .25 more per page up to double the normal page rate. What is your income goal per month? Part-time scopists had an income goal of $500 on the low end, $750 average, $800 high end. Full-time scopists had a low income rate of $800, average rate of $2000, high rate of $5000. Attention proofreaders! You have not been forgotten. Although many of the questions posted here were not applicable to you, the following reflects rates you charge.
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