Are you getting a good editing rate?
Posted By: ? on 2006-09-09
In Reply to: ewww - I so don't agree with you....sm - but 20% less per line than reg....sm
I have to ask because your post demonstrates something about this industry that really irks me.
Most companies are charging 1-2 cpl for editing. At 400 lph, that is $8/hour max. Meanwhile, even if you were making a bottom of the barrel transcription rate, 6 cpl, you would still be making $12/hour for 200 lines.
The rates these companies are paying for editing just doesn't add up.
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yes, I get a good editing rate....nm
WHAT IS A GOOD LINE RATE FOR EDITING POSITION?nm
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Rate for Editing
Hi everyone,
I am trying to get an average rate for a part-time editing position.
Q&A, editing - what is current pay rate for this?
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Per minute editing/proofing rate
Can anyone give me some good numbers here? For editing, if you are paid by the minute of dictation, what would be a high and low pay rate per minute? Thanks for any help on this!
Should be 4.25 cpl because it is half your line rate if you do editing.
But, then, you are only part time because you have stated before you work full time at a hospital because you make more money.
re: Should be 4.25 cpl because it is half your line rate if you do editing.
My, my you have an excellent memory. I am at work right now.
Nothing. Never take line rate for editing. Take hourly only.
You will never make any money by the line editing if you are doing true editing.
If a company I apply with has VR, what sort of editing rate is fair?
Most fill-in-the-blank editing rates are around 4 cpl. What are the usual going rates for 100% straight editing VR?
If you are a good MT, you will realize editing for
what it is. Slow and tedious and you cannot sustain a rhythm. It takes longer to edit than to transcribe if you are utilizing expanders when transcribing. You should be paid the same.
a good rate, - sm
100 gross lines (at 77 cpl) = $9.00, but the same using the 65/cpl formula, it would be 7700 characters/65 = 118 lines x .09 = 10.66. So you make more by regular line if you have full reports usually....but as I said if the gross lines are generally short or not the whole page width then it is good, do you get blank lines too?
I think 9.5 CPL is a good rate anywhere...nm
Good cpl rate?
Would you guys be willing to compare line rates. I know there's a difference for experience, etc. I've been MT'ing for 8-1/2 years now. Been with the same company for the past 4 years. Thinking about changing, but want to make sure I'm getting the best line rate I can. I've only had two increases in my line rate since being with this company. Thanks!!
Good cpl rate?
Yeah, I agree with you. I was very, very surprised when I did get a raise, but I think it was mostly because I was looking to leave them. I make a lot less yearly than when I originally started also, but this is mostly because I just can't sit here all day and not sleep like I used to.
Thanks for your response!
Good cpl rate?
I currently make 9.5 cpl doing hospital and clinic work for a company. I guess I'm trying to figure out if about 10 cpl is the going rate? Don't want to cut myself short! So, do you actually tell someone that if you do ESLs you will only do it for more? How much more? Would they then want you to do only ESLs?
I've always been IC until the past 6 months when I took employee status - no benefit other than them taking out the taxes. I had never taken it before because everyone wants you to take a lower line rate, but this time they didn't push the issue.
Thanks for the info!!
Is 13 CPL a good rate for
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Good for you, Linda! SM First, editing's a desirable trend. Higher skill, easier SM
I feel it may be like a train about to rush around the bend at me.
For the discussion, editing is a higher skill and it's easier on the hands--absolutely no carpal tunnel problems since I started editing. And the WAGES ARE ABOUT THE SAME--you go through approximately twice as much dictation (some people more, some less depending on talent) in the same time it would take to transcribe it and get paid half as much for that amount of dictation, ending up without a drop in wages from editing. This is fair and market-driven.
Fewer editors would be needed, but some would be needed for the stinkers, even scary-good as VR gets with most dictators.
The big threat is from the electronic medical record, where physicians and their assistants check boxes on a handheld device they carry around with them and there is NO text report to come to us at all. England has had this for some years; go look and see how MTs are doing on the Emerald Isle.
No Chicken Little here, guys, AND not burying my head in the sand either. I don't have a view into the future, but the one thing that's clear is the future will require developing new skills, professional or trade level, of one kind or another. I just hope and pray it doesn't require going back to suits and office politics. School's okay, even at my age, but am guilty of putting it off to see if I'm going to be allowed to continue pretty much as is until I'm too old to work...huh--maybe there's some sand obscuring the picture after all. Best wishes.
Everyone that have good lph rate do not cherrypick. You are nm
just mad because you can't do it. I don't not do in excess of 150 but I know it can be done and I would not dare say a person cherrypicks if they have a good line rate. You are sad.
What is a good per line rate?
Have not worked in a while. Interview today in an hour.
what is a good line pay rate
I just got hired on for .0975 cpl which is pretty good I think in today's market. I also get paid for spaces, headers and footers but the characters per line is 74. All in all, I thought this was pretty good but I do have 15 years experience. Also, there is incentive pay as well as bonuses for typing 1000 lines per day. I think I have done pretty well but will have to get started to see first.
OK, so what IS a good line rate
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The average is now $1.00-$1.25, so that is a good rate. sm
If it includes mammos and/or plain films, it will balance out the MRIs and CTs. Just make sure that they do not include IR reports in there at that rate. There are probably only 3 decent radiology transcription companies out there, so do you homework and not just the nay-sayers or cheerleaders. Look for the longer answers with details, not the "go for it" or "stay away" kind. I have found that those are either angry ex-employees of a company or new hires that are still in the honeymoon phase. Look for advice from those that have been at a company over a year; that is a good length of time for an impression to be accurate.
What company/companies are you looking at for that rate?
I do believe that is a good rate with benefits
and I probably would take it myself. I agree with 'my thoughts', that no one can tell you what you'd make with any real accuracy. It depends on outside intrusions, job specifics, your focus/dedication, etc. I type around 250-275 lines an hour if things are running relatively smooth. The best you can do is 'guesstimate' what one would make. Give yourself some room there, and multiply 0.08 x 225 or so for a realistic estimate....about $18.00 an hour/$720 a week.
Cost of insurance..is this a good rate?
I have just been oferred a job with a company that offers insurnace at $385 a month to cover me and my husband. But, we would have a $2000 deductible and after that is met then a $20 co-pay. Since I have been an IC my entire MT life, I'm not sure if this is good insurance or not? Is this the norm for MT companies?
What is a good line rate for radiology?
Currently being paid by report, 10 years experience. TIA
Is 9cpl a good line rate
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If you are being paid per report for MRI's and CT's, what is a good rate? nm
:O)
I think it is a good rate as long as they offer
health benefits. Sometimes it is best to leave work at work, then you find you have a homelife unless of course you do extra from home. Good luck to you! $15.00 is mid in my area with the average being between 13-17 dollars per hour. 
If you haven't done MT in many years, that is a very good rate...sm
Many things have changed and companies usually require more recent experience. I say go for it!
have you had a pretty good success rate doing this?
how is the wait time? TIA
What is considered a good line rate...sm
for working 3rd shift (graveyard). If you work nights, could you let me know what your line rate is? TIA
Is 13 cpl a good rate for clinic account?...nm
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Is 9.5 cents per line a good rate using Meditech?
This is for a radiology account. TIA
An excellent platform and a good line rate with plenty of work -
Then leave me alone and let me do my thing! :-)
Is $15 an hour a good hourly rate for an in-house office position?
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I found out a long time ago that there are two kinds of editing.. one is editing MTs work (like QA)
and the other is editing as in VR. I have done VR editing, but when I put down this as experience on a resume, I was asked by the HR person if this meant that I had "edited" other MTs work. I think there is a lot of confusion out there and I wish they would just keep that as QA instead of calling it editing. Just be clear in what you want to edit as most companies that expect you to "edit" other MTs in a QA position do require you have a lot of experience. If you just going for VR editing, which is what Transcend has available and there are a few companies out there doing VR, none of which I think really require much experience as it is easy to learn. Hope I made some sense and it can be pretty confusing on how companies use the term "editing" thus it effects their expectations as far as experience goes.
The line rate sounds pretty good compared to other places - by "punch the clock", you mean
it really is not a flexible schedule, even for an IC? That's what I need the most.
Editing is the higher skill. I earn more editing SM
because I'm able to produce more--if the company doesn't adjust the way production's figured down and down again to keep the account from going elsewhere (when that happened to me on EditScript with no explanation of why my income was dropping, I went elsewhere also).
Charge him an hourly rate. The current rate is
between $15-21/hr. according to your location. If he had to use an independent secretarial service, he would be charged much more. You can look in the Yellow Pages in your area under Secretarial Service and ask them what they charge, then charge accordingly knowing you can back it up.
Question about Editing for those who do editing
What would you consider to be the average amount of lines a day of editing based on a 65 space line in an 8 hour day. If you can do an average of 1200 straight typing what would be the expectation for a day of editing? What do you think is a fair rate of pay for that editing? Do you know of companies that offer a tiered incentive rate for editing rates to do most of them offer a flat rate for lph? Do you find you make more money, less money or about the same than straight typing? Thanks to anyone who is willing to share this information. Feel free to email if you would rather share by email.
VR editing versus MT editing pay
Greetings,
How does VR editing prod. pay compare to hourly pay ($15) regular QA and constantly being threatened to start being payed production. Are there any special tricks to know to make good money on a VR program? Any companies that have VR and are better than other ones would be appreciated as well. Any and all assistance much appreciated-have to make a change shortly, so looking for a great company that offers ins. benefits. Thanks for your time.
you don't have to charge $60/HR - all you have to do is charge a good rate and then..
work smart, not hard. If you have a great dictator, charge him 14 cpl on a 65 char gross line, then set up your templates and word expanders, you can make $80/hr. But you need all three to work together, otherwise you might only be making $60/hr. Some people are just really good at what they do - shouldn't they make more if they are more productive?
ME rate 80% of baseline MT rate
are you happy with the 20% cut to do ME work or are you going to just do MT work (which will be those dictators that ASR can't do) at your baseline rate?
Cross off old rate, put in your new rate, (nt)
Employee rate/IC rate......
I work at home for a hospital account that I make .11 cpl on 60-character line. I also do IC work for a clinic where I make .14 cpl. I am from Missouri.
take a cent of their rate and a cent of your mom's rate. I'd do it to keep the account or the
You already charge a fairly low line rate, but I'd definitely cut it to keep the account. JMO
Does anyone do editing for VR?
If so can you provide some insight as compared to transcription?
Thanks
editing vr
I do and I love it. I was doing 1500-1800 lines per day, now am doing between 3-4000. Pay is less, but not that much and so much less stress and strain on these old hands and wrists. Would never go back to straight typing.
Editing pay
I just starting working as an IC with a company in Chicago, IL. They are paying me 4 cents a line to do editing, and 9 cents a line for straight type. The account I am on uses voice recognition software (not sure if it is Dragon), and the program has difficulty with some of the doctors' accents, so their dictation comes through regularly. I like doing this very much, as it has helped me bone up on my grammar skills. Usually what I type just "goes out there", back to them, and I never see any response on whether or not my grammar and punctuation were correct. Being an Editor has helped me greatly. Do others have this same feeling as I do?
editing
I didn't take the offer. I am really having a lot of mixed feelings over this. Frankly I think that is where it is "all going" but I don't want to be the one to stamp and seal it. Just bothered me a LOT.
editing
I just quit my secure job of 15 years because in the past year, they have taken transcription away from all 100 of us and are making us edit the voice recognition system. I was making $15.00 per hour. I hated sitting here, cleaning up the mess that the EditScript program made with the dictations. It's just my humble opinion, but I'd want you to be absolutely sure you want to edit before you accept the job.
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