In Brazil, published freelance rates for are R$78.86–R$411.71 a lauda.
Freelance
R$78.86–R$411.71 a lauda
Sources
4 documents
Pay rates for journalists in Brazil, as published by unions, governments and surveys, each quoted as printed and turned into a day's pay to compare. How the pay guide works →
Each published rate as a day's pay
On staff · 10 figures
R$1,925.70 a month
R$3,300 a month
Freelance · 10 figures
R$1,200 a month
R$105.15 an hour
US$ a day at the ECB rate for the month. A month is 12 payments over 260 working days, or 13 or 14 where the agreement says so; a year is 260 days; a shift counts as a day.
| Type of work | What | As printed | US$ a day | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| On staff | Floor, 5-hour day | R$1,925.70 a month | $16.21 | SJPERJ · Employers’ offer · 1 Mar 2025 |
| On staff | Floor, 6-hour day | R$2,310.82 a month | $19.46 | SJPERJ · Employers’ offer · 1 Mar 2025 |
| On staff | Amazonas: single floor (2025/2026) | R$2,400 a month | $20.21 | FENAJ · Collective agreement |
| On staff | Amazonas (lowest) | R$2,552.10 a month | $21.49 | DIEESE · Official statistics |
| On staff | Floor, 7-hour day | R$2,695.96 a month | $22.70 | SJPERJ · Employers’ offer · 1 Mar 2025 |
| On staff | Floor, 5-hour day (from June 2026) | R$2,813.98 a month | $23.69 | SJPMRJ · Collective agreement · 1 Jun 2026 |
| On staff | Rio Grande do Sul, interior (2025/2026) | R$3,006.41 a month | $25.31 | FENAJ · Collective agreement |
| On staff | Radio companies, 5-hour day | R$3,039.55 a month | $25.59 | SJPMG · Collective agreement · 1 Apr 2025 |
| On staff | TV companies and production companies, 5-hour day | R$3,289.89 a month | $27.70 | SJPMG · Collective agreement · 1 Apr 2025 |
| On staff | Goiás: single floor (2025/2026) | R$3,300 a month | $27.79 | FENAJ · Collective agreement |
| Freelance | Communications advice, per month (5 hours a day) | R$1,200 a month | $10.10 | SJPJF · Recommended rates |
| Freelance | R$ 1.101-2.200: 11,4% | R$1,101–R$2,200 a month | $13.89 | UFSC · Survey |
| Freelance | R$ 2.201-3.300: 13,5% | R$2,201–R$3,300 a month | $23.16 | UFSC · Survey |
| Freelance | R$ 4.401-5.500: 15,6% | R$4,401–R$5,500 a month | $41.69 | UFSC · Survey |
| Freelance | R$ 5.501-11.000: 27,1% of respondents (modal band) | R$5,501–R$11,000 a month | $69.48 | UFSC · Survey |
| Freelance | Writing for editorial use, 5-hour day | R$503.40 a day | $91.85 | Sindjorce · Recommended rates |
| Freelance | Press office work, per hour | R$89.01 an hour | $129.92 | Sinjor-PA · Recommended rates |
| Freelance | R$ 11.001-22.000: 9,8% | R$11,001–R$22,000 a month | $138.95 | UFSC · Survey |
| Freelance | Cinematographic coverage with image capture, 5-hour day | R$829.68 a day | $151.38 | Sindjorce · Recommended rates |
| Freelance | Communications advice, per hour | R$105.15 an hour | $153.48 | SJPJF · Recommended rates |
Advertised pay in Brazil
Open marketWhat employers offered in public job ads over the last 12 months, from 16 job ads with pay. These figures come from the open job market, not from journalist.net, and we do not check them.
ReporterOn staff
R$3,657.28 a month
ReporterOther or not stated
R$2,875.25 a month
Journalism jobs in Brazil →
The middle figure of the ads for each job, with the middle half of them. Shown only where at least 3 employers posted ads with pay and none posted more than half of them.
Journalism in Brazil
Leading news outlets
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The highest-ranked news sites based in Brazil in EventRegistry's news-source ranking, most important first. Updated monthly.
Press freedom
52
/ 180
Problematic
In the 2026 World Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Brazil ranks 52 of 180, with a score of 66.4 out of 100. Up 11 places on the year before.
RSF World Press Freedom Index ↗By job type
SJSP · Salário normativo, 5-hour dayR$4,906.62 Month
SJSP · Salário normativo, 5-hour dayR$3,657.52 Month
SJSP · 7-hour day (5-hour floor plus R$ 2.194,51 for the two extra hours)R$5,852.03 Month
SJPMRJ · Floor, 5-hour day (from June 2026)R$2,813.98 Month
Journalist in Brazil, every figure →
Sindjorce · Writing for editorial use, per laudaR$338.49 Lauda (1,400 characters)
Sindjorce · Writing for commercial use, per laudaR$411.71 Lauda (1,400 characters)
Sindjorce · Writing for editorial use, 5-hour dayR$503.40 Day
Sinjor-PA · Print, per lauda (20 lines × 70 strokes or 1,400 characters)R$124.73 Lauda (1,400 characters)
Reporter in Brazil, every figure →
Sindjorce · Photojournalism, outing of up to 3 hoursR$609.68 Assignment
Sindjorce · Photojournalism, day of up to 5 hoursR$985.83 Day
Sinjor-PA · Photo reporting with own equipment, outing up to 3 hoursR$356.07 Assignment
Sinjor-PA · Photo reporting with own equipment, outing up to 5 hoursR$519.27 Assignment
Photographer in Brazil, every figure →
Sindjorce · Cinematographic coverage with image capture, 5-hour dayR$829.68 Day
Sinjor-PA · Cinematographic reporting with equipment, outing up to 3 hoursR$356.07 Assignment
Fewer than 3 figures, so this job stays as a row here.
SJPJF · Revision, per laudaR$17.53 Lauda (1,400 characters)
Fewer than 3 figures, so this job stays as a row here.
ARFOC-RS · Editorial video shoot, 4 hoursR$707 Half day
Fewer than 3 figures, so this job stays as a row here.
Rates documents 21
ARFOC-RS reference table for photo and video journalists 2024-2025 · ARFOC-RS · 8
Average pay of formally employed journalists by state, RAIS 2025 (DIEESE for FENAJ) · DIEESE · 8
Belo Horizonte metro radio and TV journalists' agreement 2025/2027 (CCT) · SJPMG1 Apr 2025 · 2
Federal District journalists' salary floors, CCT 2026/2028, from 1 Apr 2026 · SJPDF1 Apr 2026 · 3
FENAJ current journalist salary floors by state (as compiled, Nov 2026) · FENAJ · 8
Journalist (CBO 2611-25) salaries from Novo CAGED, Oct 2025-Sep 2026 (Salario.com.br) · Official statistics · 4
Juiz de Fora journalists' union freelance price table (undated) · SJPJF · 5
Profile of the Brazilian Journalist 2021: gross monthly income bands (UFSC) · UFSC · 7
Rio de Janeiro city newspapers and magazines agreement 2026: new salary floors · SJPMRJ1 Jun 2026 · 2
Sindjorce salary floors and freelance price table, Ceará (2024-2026) · Sindjorce · 8
Sinjor-PA freelance price table, Pará (updated by IPCA 23,04%, Sep 2023) · Sinjor-PA · 8
SJSP salary floors page: press-officer floors estimated by the union, 2025-2027 · SJSP · 4
São Paulo city newspapers and magazines journalists' agreement 2026/2027 (CCT) · SJSP1 Jun 2026 · 1
São Paulo state interior and coast newspapers and magazines journalists' agreement 2026/2027 (CCT) · SJSP1 Jun 2026 · 2
Rio de Janeiro state (outside the capital) journalists' agreement 2025/2027: employers' proposal · SJPERJ1 Mar 2025 · 3
SJSP opening demand for São Paulo city newspapers and magazines, 2024 · SJSP1 Jun 2024 · 2
Belo Horizonte newspapers and magazines journalists' agreement 2024-2026 (CCT)1 May 2024 · 2Sindjorce × CCI company agreement 2023/2024 with minimum freelance price table (Ceará)1 Sep 2023 · 8Sinjorgran reference values for freelance journalism, Grande Dourados, 20171 Jan 2017 · 7SJSP freelance reference table 2021/22 (withdrawn June 2024) · 2São Paulo state radio and TV journalists' agreement 2025/2026 (CCT)1 Nov 2025 · 3
Unions and bodies in Brazil
SJSP · union6 documents
SJPMG · union2 documents
Sindjorce · union2 documents
SJPDF · union1 document
FENAJ · federation1 document
SJPMRJ · union1 document
SJPERJ · union1 document
Sinjor-PA · union1 document
SJPJF · union1 document
Sinjorgran · union1 document
ARFOC-RS · professional body1 document
UFSC · university1 document
DIEESE · NGO or survey1 document
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Lowest staff minimum in each country's agreements, as US$ a day.
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