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What do you consider good/great pay for VR editing? sm - Confused


Posted: Feb 26, 2010

I know that most companies are going to VR but since I have only worked in house until now, I have no idea what is considered good or great pay.  Can some of you that are happy doing VR and making good or decent wages please share what you consider good or great pay and what is realistic in terms of production?  I have heard 3x your regular production, 2x regular production and less production.  I am really confused and need to be able to compare apples to apples.


Thank you in advance for helping me!

VR - Happy Camper

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I'm getting over 5 cpl. I think the average is about 4 cpl. Anything less is not worth it. I do 400 lph.

What software are you using? nm - Curious

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VR pay - ktwmn

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If I understand your real question, I would like to say that you will not make MORE money doing VR than straight typing, and probably less. It is not our speed that slowed us down, it was the quality of dictation, and that has not changed; only now we get paid less for slogging through this mumbledyguck.


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