That's about what I hear but usually they spec 12 hour days even if you don't work the full 12 hours, more like 10, they kinda hold that as a trump card for crunch time. Lead editors can command higher pay especially if they have history with the producers/ production companies.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, namyrb <namyrb@...> wrote:
>
> From my experience, non-union network reality editors make around $3K per
> week, 5 days a week, 10 hours a day. The weekly rate is pretty volatile
> depending on all sorts of things, but 3K is generally what I hear.
>
> On Sun, Jul 8, 2012 at 4:56 PM, Shirley Gutierrez <guanacaa@...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I've decided that it's time to turn to the ample resources of this list to
> > explore what other editors like me charge. I realize this question can be a
> > delicate one, so I'm not asking anyone to share with me what they
> > themselves make, just what you understand to be commonly accepted rates in
> > your area. And if you chose to respond, I leave it up to you whether you
> > wish to get back to me via the L, or offlist, if that is more comfortable.
> > And I will only direct this inquiry to US editors, since there's probably
> > not too much point in attempting to decipher international rates.
> >
> > If you do respond, I'd like to know to which markets these rates apply.
> > And I'm looking for rates for the following kinds of work, whether by the
> > hour, day (8 or 10 hour), or week:
> >
> > 1) Documentary offline
> > 2) Documentary online
> > 3) Cable broadcast offline, i.e., History Channel, Discovery, and the like
> > 4) Cable broadcast online
> > 5) Advertising offline (real broadcast, not web pieces)
> > 6) Advertising online
> >
> > So you have some idea of my background, I've been in the industry over 30
> > years, have pretty diverse offline/online experience that includes the
> > brackets listed above, as well as long and short form broadcast work for
> > the local PBS affiliate, corporate, and public interest media. I would
> > consider myself part of the "upper middle" of senior editing professionals
> > in my area, certainly not a household word anywhere away from home, but
> > enough of a known quantity in my own market that 95% of my work is referral
> > from other happy customers.
> >
> > Many thanks in advance for any information you can share!
> >
> > Best,
> > Shirley
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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