Business & Finance
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors. Excludes workers whose primary duty is editing copy. Includes proofreaders of braille.
Median salary
$49,210
Typical range
$34k – $78k
Job outlook
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Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
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Proofreaders and Copy Markers Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Entry / Junior
$33,530
~2 yrs to advance
Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Established
$49,210
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Proofreaders and Copy Markers
Senior
$63,625
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Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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