The remainder of this article discussed all of the options available to narrators who work on the platforms listed above. The 6 platforms listed above are only the most popular, but do not represent a complete list.

This is the link that describes the Freelancer memberships levels. Assume the lowest paid membership which is $0.99 per month. This is the People Per Hour fee structure webpage.Ħ. This is the Upwork fee structure webpage.ĥ. Assuming the beginner narrator gets one gig per month, I subtracted off the monthly membership amount.Ĥ. Assume lowest paid Voice123 membership which is a level a beginner is likely to choose. The Royalty Share options are listed later in the article.ģ. Findaway Voices make their money by selling the audiobooks and do not charge a fee to the narrator for creating it. The Royalty Share options are listed later in the article.Ģ. Audible and Audiobook Creation Exchange (ACX) are Amazon companies that make their money by selling the audiobooks and do not charge a fee to the narrator for creating it. PFH refers to the narrator’s pay rate for a completed audiobook.Īs an example, the table below shows how much you would get paid from 8 different platforms if you were a beginner earning $100 PFH and narrated an audiobook that was 6.5 hours long. How much an audiobook narrator gets paid depends on several factors which include their pay rate, the length of the audiobook, experience of narrator, and platform to create the audiobook.īeginners could receive $10 per finished hour (PFH) to $100 PFH, and experienced narrators could get $100 PFH – $350 PFH. Beginners can earn maximum profits as they gain experience and become a seasoned narrators.

Audio book reader job rates