Content writers in the US bill roughly $30 to $110 per hour on vetted marketplaces, $75 to $175 through agencies, and earn $55,000 to $120,000 full-time. Conversion copywriting and technical writing sit at the top; general blog content sits at the bottom, and the gap has widened since AI drafting became common.
Vetted marketplace
$30–110
per hour · USA, 2026
Vetted marketplace · like HireDeveloperUSA.com
$30–$110/hour
Development agency
$75–$175/hour
In-house full-time · base salary
$55,000–$120,000/year
Add 25–40% for benefits, payroll taxes and overhead before comparing with hourly content writers rates.
Junior
$30 – $48/hour
Mid-level
$48 – $75/hour
Senior
$75 – $110/hour
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$30 to $110 per hour on a vetted marketplace, $75 to $175 through an agency, or $55,000 to $120,000 full-time.
It has collapsed the bottom of the market and raised the top. Buyers now pay for expertise, interviews, and judgment, not for assembling words that a model can produce for free.
A researched 2,000-word article with real expertise behind it typically runs $600 to $1,800. Below $300 you are usually paying for lightly edited generic output.
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