In United States of America, published freelance rates for a fact-checker are $20 an hour.
What fact-checker work in United States of America pays, according to the documents that set rates there, each quoted as printed. How the pay guide works →
What the published rates say
Hour
Page (250 words)
Each published rate as a day's pay
US$ 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freelance | Fact-checking, per hour | $20 an hour | $160 | NWU · Publisher’s rates |
| Freelance | Fact-checking, per hour (median range) | $50–$60 an hour | $440 | EFA · Survey · 24 Mar 2026 |
Every figure, as printed
Open a row for the wording in the document and its dates.
Fact-checking … $50.00–60.00 [per hour]DocumentEFA editorial rate chart, 2026 (median rate ranges) · Survey StatusIn force · 24 Mar 2026
Fact-checking … $60.00–72.50 [per page]DocumentEFA editorial rate chart, 2026 (median rate ranges) · Survey StatusIn force · 24 Mar 2026
a minimum $20 hourly rateDocumentThe Nation freelancer agreement (negotiated with the NWU), last updated May 2025 · Publisher’s rates StatusIn force
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In United States of America, published freelance rates for a fact-checker are $20 an hour.
EFA, NWU, in 2 documents.
Page (250 words). Rates per unit stay in that unit on our pages, never turned into a day.
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