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formula for lines to hours? - xylex


Posted: Apr 08, 2011

Could someone please tell me the formula for converting lines typed to pay per hour?  I have forgotten how to do it...thanks for the info.

There is no "formula" - per se

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because everyone's results will be different. To determine how much you make in one hour, transcribe for an hour, count the number of lines you typed, and multiply by the rate you are being paid per line. Voila! That's how much you earned for that hour. If you type more or less in the next hour, your hourly rate will be different for that hour.

It is unlikely that the same number of lines will be typed during every hour of work, another way to determine an hourly rate from a line rate is to do a normal day's work, count the total number of lines typed and divide by the number of hours worked. This averages the good hours with the easy dictators with the not-so-good hours with more difficult dictators or other challenges and gives a more realistic picture of an hourly rate.


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