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Skilled freelance
Freelance marketing
You run marketing for businesses that don't have an in-house team, from campaigns to content. You're paid per project or on retainer.
4.83 reviewsLast review 2 weeks ago
Median monthly earnings
$1,500
Middle 50%: $1,500 – $7,500
Effective hourly
$50.00
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
12 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
Under $100
To get up and running
Time to first $100
1–4 weeks
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$150–300
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Some fixed commitments
Most common answer
Would recommend it
33%
1 of 3 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 3 reviews.
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Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
How it scores
Happiness9.7 / 10
Would do it again33%
Schedule flexibility3.3 / 5
Pay predictability1.9 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 3 reviews.
Taxes — how much I owe
2
How much I could earn
1
How little I could earn
1
Unexpected expenses
1
How much time it takes
0
How difficult it is to get started
0
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
0
How competitive the market is
0
Nothing really surprised me
0
Reviews
Everyone here is anonymous. Nobody sees who wrote what.· 6–12 months in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $5,000–10,000Hours 80–120 hrs/moHourly $75.00
The most anxious part is not always knowing what the next few months of income could look like.
· 5+ years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $1,000–2,000Hours 20–40 hrs/moHourly $50.00
Flexibility Neteork The difficulty of people or people who dont want to do their jobs that you have to work with.
· 1–2 years in · 2 weeks ago
Monthly $1,000–2,000Hours 40–60 hrs/moHourly $30.00
You have to be very independent and resourceful!
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