Poll: The average payment I receive per job is approximately:
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neilmac
neilmac
Spain
Local time: 09:33
Spanish to English
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No idea / Don't care May 8, 2019

I don't [expletive deleted, but sorely missed for emphasis] know. Who has the time - or the inclination - to work out things like this anyway? Not me.

Meanwhile, back in the real world, I'm currently engaged in trying to find which of my clients haven't paid the income tax for which I billed them last year, which is taking up more than enough of my precious time.


Ricki Farn
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Michael Harris
Els Govaerts
Philip Lees
 
Christine Andersen
Christine Andersen  Identity Verified
Denmark
Local time: 09:33
Member (2003)
Danish to English
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No idea May 8, 2019

It's totally irrelevant anyway.

I never do an average job. It's like the average person - doesn't exist.
On my current worksheet I have jobs - done or in progress - for 75 Danish Kroner (Minimim rate for a non-profit client) up to DKK 48743 - which is large for me.

The job for DKK 48743 will keep me out of mischief until the middle of next month, so the average for anything I do alongside it will be lower than normal.

I have even persuaded the tax au
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It's totally irrelevant anyway.

I never do an average job. It's like the average person - doesn't exist.
On my current worksheet I have jobs - done or in progress - for 75 Danish Kroner (Minimim rate for a non-profit client) up to DKK 48743 - which is large for me.

The job for DKK 48743 will keep me out of mischief until the middle of next month, so the average for anything I do alongside it will be lower than normal.

I have even persuaded the tax authorities that it is a waste of time to work out my average monthly earnings, because some months I take a break and earn nothing at all. They adjust my pension at the end of the year, and fiddling about along the way is just unnecessary administration.
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Erik Hansson
Catherine De Crignis
Ricki Farn
Michael Harris
Natalia Pedrosa
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida  Identity Verified
Portugal
Local time: 08:33
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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No idea! May 8, 2019

Average? No idea! My minimum rate is 40 EUR (45 USD)…

 
Christopher Schröder
Christopher Schröder
United Kingdom
Member (2011)
Swedish to English
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Half what I deserve :-) May 8, 2019

The maths isn't that hard:

$5,000,000 per month divided by 500 jobs a month equals $10,000 average per job

I came out around $300.


 
Ricki Farn
Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 09:33
English to German
@Chris S May 8, 2019

If the criterion is what we deserve, I demand to be paid on average one chocolate cake in addition to any project fee. A larger-than-average one.

Apart from that: no idea.


Christine Andersen
Christopher Schröder
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Sueli Astrini
 
Michael Harris
Michael Harris  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 09:33
Member (2006)
German to English
Other May 8, 2019

I do not charge in USD!

Ricki Farn
Elena Mordenti
Philip Lees
Eckhard Boehle
 
Philippe Etienne
Philippe Etienne  Identity Verified
Spain
Local time: 09:33
Member
English to French
100-200 euros May 8, 2019

The more the merrier.

Use TO3000, set a time period, divide sales by number of jobs.

Philippe


 
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Barbara Cochran, MFA  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 04:33
Spanish to English
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Too Much To Mention May 8, 2019

Anyway, here in the USA, what someone makes in exchange for their work is thought of as a verboten topic, nobody's business, unless you're somebody who's consistently in the public eye like, over here, Oprah, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Warren Buffet, and, of course, as of yesterday again, Donald Trump!

Ricki Farn
 
Mario Freitas
Mario Freitas  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 05:33
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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No way to answer this May 8, 2019

It varies immensely. There is no such a thing as an average.

Philip Lees
Ricki Farn
 
Anastasia Kingsley Kinkusic
Anastasia Kingsley Kinkusic  Identity Verified
Member (2011)
Croatian to English
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Trends in translation May 8, 2019

I found this question both relevant and interesting. When I first began translating, jobs were small and numerous, but over the years, the trend has reversed itself. Instead of many small jobs, I tend to attract larger projects of 10,000-15,000 words or (much) more, placing me in the $400-$800 range as an average.

 
Muriel Vasconcellos
Muriel Vasconcellos  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 01:33
Member (2003)
Spanish to English
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Other May 9, 2019

It's hard to measure. So far this year it's US$ 1,452; last year it was $667.

I agree: it's irrelevant. More meaningful would be the average number of hours one works in the week or how many days in the year.

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