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$0 to $0 for a typical job through Hyrde, which works out at $24–$60 an hour depending on seniority. A small, well-defined piece of work lands near the bottom of that range; a whole build sits at the top.
The price is agreed before anyone starts and only changes if you change the scope. Your first three projects carry no Hyrde fee — you pay the specialist their price and nothing else.
01—Three jobs people buy
Hours at a vetted specialist's rate, as a range — an estimate that pretends to be exact is a lie.
01
A short promo, cut and graded
From your footage or stock: edit, colour, sound, captions, and the vertical cut for social.
$650–$950
About 20 hours of design work at $40/hr for a mid-level specialist.
02
A month of social content from one shoot
One set of footage cut into the pieces each platform needs, rather than the same video posted four times.
$950–$1,450
About 30 hours of design work at $40/hr for a mid-level specialist.
03
A longer film, start to finish
Story, edit, sound design, colour and titles, with the review rounds built into the schedule.
$3,350–$5,050
About 70 hours of design work at $60/hr for a senior-level specialist.
02—By the hour
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Junior
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Mid
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Senior
What a vetted specialist costs here. For what the open market charges by city, see the rate index.
03—What moves the number
04—Before you hire
How much does it cost to hire a Video Editor in 2026?
Through Hyrde, $650 to $5,050 for a typical job. A short promo, cut and graded costs $650 to $950; a longer film, start to finish costs $3,350 to $5,050. Hourly, a vetted Video Editor works out at $24 to $60 depending on seniority.
Is it cheaper to hire a freelance Video Editor or an agency?
A freelancer, usually by a wide margin: an agency prices the same work with account management, overhead and margin on top. What an agency buys you is someone else managing the work. On Hyrde the scoping and the quality check are automated instead, so you get the structure without the markup — and no commission is added to the specialist's price.
What makes a Video Editor quote go up?
How much raw footage there is. Whether a script or structure exists. Motion graphics and subtitles. How many languages you need. Each of those is asked before you get a number, which is why the price does not move later unless you change the scope.
Can I get a fixed price instead of an hourly rate?
Yes, and that is the default. The work is priced per milestone before anyone starts, you approve each milestone, and an AI checks the delivered work against your brief before you pay. Your first three projects carry no Hyrde fee at all.