Verified on Sep 2, 2026
Rev pays you to type what you hear in a recording. You pick the files you want. Pay is $0.40-1.10 for each minute of audio, not each minute of your time. You need a computer and good headphones.
You listen to a recording and type what the people in it say. Rev calls each recording a job. You pick the ones you want from a list.
Most files are meetings, interviews, phone calls or videos. You type, you check your work against the audio, and you send it in. Then you pick another one.
Nobody assigns you work. Nobody schedules you. You take a file or you do not.
Rev pays $0.40-1.10 for each minute of audio. Rev’s own application page lists the same range.
Read that again, because it is the part people get wrong. You are paid per minute of the recording. You are not paid per minute of your time.
A one hour recording pays about $24 at the bottom rate. It does not take one hour to type. A beginner often needs four to six minutes of work for each minute of audio. So that same file can take four or five hours the first month you do it.
That is the whole math of this gig. Your typing speed and your hearing set your real hourly rate, and nobody else can set it for you.
Captions pay $0.54-1.10 a minute. Some foreign language work pays $1.70-4.00 or more a minute. Rev pays every week through PayPal.
Rev does not publish an hourly figure anywhere we could find. So we do not print one. Any site that shows you “Rev pays $X an hour” made that number somewhere else.
This fits you if you type fast and hear well. Rev says the work suits strong English grammar and fast, accurate typing. Those are the two things that decide your pay.
It fits if you want to work at odd hours. There is no shift, no boss waiting and no set number of files.
It fits if you cannot drive, or cannot stand for long. You do all of this sitting down, at home.
It fits if you want to start small. One short file tells you whether the work suits you.
Skip this if you type under about 50 words a minute. The math does not work yet. Practise for a month and come back.
Skip it if hearing speech in noise is hard for you. Bad audio is normal here. Crosstalk, accents and background noise are the job, not the exception.
Skip it if you need a set amount of money each week. Some weeks the good files are gone before you log in.
Skip it if you need to start today. Rev says it has a waitlist because of the number of people applying. You can still apply, but plan for a wait.
Day 1. Apply, and take the test when the house is quiet. Do not rush it.
Day 2. Read the style guide twice. Write down the five rules you keep forgetting. Those five are what will cost you a file later.
Day 3. Do one short file with one speaker. Time it. Do not chase speed yet, chase getting it right.
Day 4. Do two more short files. Compare your times to Day 3. You should already be faster.
Day 5. Do the arithmetic. Add up what you earned. Divide it by the hours you actually sat there.
That last number is the only one that matters. It is not the per minute rate, and it is not what anyone promised you online. It is your rate, and you now know whether this gig is worth your week.
You need a computer and a quiet room. Two other things make the work faster. Neither is required to take your first file.
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You are paid per audio minute, so a slow week of typing means low pay per hour. The rate does not care how long the file took you.
Bad audio is common and it is not refundable. A muddy recording pays the same as a clean one.
Work comes and goes. Busy times fill the list, and quiet times empty it.
There is a waitlist to get in at all right now.
You are a contractor. No benefits, no paid time off, and you handle your own taxes.
How fast do I have to type? Rev does not publish a number, and we will not invent one. In plain terms: the faster and more accurately you type, the more this pays per hour. Test your speed before you apply.
Can I do this from outside the United States? Rev takes freelancers in many countries and pays through PayPal. Check the application page for your country before you spend time on the test.
Why does everyone quote a different hourly rate for Rev? Because Rev does not publish one. Every hourly figure you see is somebody’s estimate, or somebody’s own week, presented as if it were the platform’s rate.
Is the waitlist a queue I can move up? Rev does not say. It says only that a waitlist exists and that you can still apply.
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