Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, aged to 2026 using compounded market movement. State selections show BLS state-level figures where published. Actual pay varies with experience, industry, and organization size.
Proofreaders and Copy Markers is a professional role in the Office and Administrative Support job family, focused on Proofreaders and Copy Markers work. Pay for this title reflects both its level and its scope; see our Title Level and Organization Responsibility guides for how WePayFairly defines them.
What Proofreaders and Copy Markerss do
Typical education: Bachelor's Degree
Mark copy to indicate and correct errors in type, arrangement, grammar, punctuation, or spelling, using standard printers' marks.
Read corrected copies or proofs to ensure that all corrections have been made.
Correct or record omissions, errors, or inconsistencies found.
Compare information or figures on one record against same data on other records, or with original copy, to detect errors.
Route proofs with marked corrections to authors, editors, typists, or typesetters for correction or reprinting.
Top skills:Reading ComprehensionWritingSpeakingActive ListeningCritical ThinkingMonitoring
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Proofreaders and Copy Markers salary by industry
Information
1,470 workers
$49,000
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
1,090 workers
$69,000
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
530 workers
$59,500
Educational Services
260 workers
$49,000
Management of Companies and Enterprises
200 workers
$59,000
Sectors 31, 32, and 33 – Manufacturing
190 workers
$45,500
State Government, including Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)
180 workers
$51,000
Federal, State, and Local Government, excl. State & Local Schools & Hospitals & USPS
140 workers
$55,500
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Proofreaders and Copy Markers pays 5% above the average across 54 roles in the Office and Administrative Support job family (family average $54,000).
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