The State of Full-Time Freelancers’ Income
Kelly James-Enger has completed her survey of freelancers’ income. She surveyed 100 writers, and the results are, well, encouraging and discouraging at the same time. On one hand, 11% of respondents earned more than $100,001 last year. On the other, 27% earned less than $20,000 last year. What would be interesting would be to see what the correlation is between time spent freelancing and income — do those with more years under their belt tend to earn more?
As I mentioned in a previous post, I work part-time hours and earn from $70-$80,000 per year, most of that from magazine writing. Anyone else want to share or discuss? Check out Kelly’s survey and let us know what you think! [lf]
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Jun 19, 2010 Money, News you can use
Linda, I suspect you are right — that there is a correlation between time freelancing and income. When I saw the survey I decided not to take it as I was afraid I would skew the results (having been at this just a short time).
Linda:
For me, this news was encouraging, not discouraging.
To know that 11% of feelancers make $100.000+ over year means it CAN be done. It also encourages proper planning and thinking of freelance writing as a business, something which has Kelly has mentioned many times.
Steve