According to http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/breaking-into-fitness-writing , as of March of 2011, these were the rates an individual could expect from writing professionally:
- newspaper articles: $.00–$0.80 a word
- consumer magazines (written for the public): $0.50–$3.00 a word
- trade publications (geared to a specific industry): $0.20–$0.50 a word
- online articles: $0.50–$0.75 a word
