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Hire a video editor

YouTube videos, shorts and reels cut, captioned and delivered on schedule. Every video editor here passed an English test, a typing test and a video editing quiz before you see them.

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What video editors cost

Freelance rate, worldwide
$6–25/hr

Typical range for video editors on past Upwork contracts. Upwork (opens in a new tab), checked Oct 2026

Full-time salary in the Philippines
$350–1,000/month

Beginner $350–500 to expert $890–1,000, as workers report them. OnlineJobs.ph salary guide (opens in a new tab), updated April 2026

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What a video editor does

  • Long-form YouTube edits
  • Shorts, Reels and TikToks reframed to 9:16
  • Captions and subtitles that work with the sound off
  • Hooks in the first three seconds
  • Sound clean-up and licensed music
  • Thumbnails and simple motion titles

How we test video editors

Everyone takes the same tests before a business sees them, and the scores stay on the profile. You judge the work, not the photo.
English
Read a client's email, answer five questions about it and write a reply of 80 to 150 words. AI grades the reply for grammar, clarity, tone and whether it answers the email. The result is a CEFR band from A2 to C2 with a score out of 100.
Typing
A 60-second passage written like a project update to a client. Scored on words per minute and accuracy, with 5 characters counted as a word. Only correct characters count.
Video editor quiz
Six situations from editing for clients, like reframing horizontal footage for a vertical reel, cleaning up a loud hum and checking a music licence, plus a short written reply to a client who sent 40 minutes of footage. Scored out of 100.
ID check
A person on our team checks a government ID against a selfie. The images are deleted after review.
Santiago G., example profile

Santiago G.

Video editor, Colombia

English C1
82
Typing
60wpm
Video editor quiz
90
Example profile. Real profiles show the same three scores, each with the date of the test.

Tested video editors on StaffPick

Live profiles. Each person passed the tests above, and we reviewed the profile before it went live.

A US Eastern 9-to-5 is 10 pm to 6 am in Manila, 3 pm to 11 pm in Lagos and 9 am to 5 pm in Bogotá (on EST). A Sydney 9-to-5 is 7 am to 3 pm in Manila (AEST). Every profile shows which business hours the person covers.

IANA time zone database (opens in a new tab), checked Oct 2026

Questions about hiring a video editor

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Upwork puts the typical rate for video editors at $6–25 an hour, from past contracts worldwide. OnlineJobs.ph's April 2026 guide lists $350–500 a month full-time for a beginner in the Philippines and $890–1,000 for an expert. Each StaffPick profile shows the person's own rate.

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