What video work typically costs
The lead is on the phone and you are picking a number in the dark. Pick the shoot and your city, see the typical calibrated market range for that scope, and put your own number next to it.
A benchmark for planning. Videographer.com does not set, fix, coordinate or suggest anyone’s rates — every videographer sets their own.
Where a rate sits
market benchmark · estimateTypical market ranges, shown as a distribution rather than a number, for the work. It’s a budget estimate from observed ranges — you set your own price.
Typical market rates
Pick a shoot type and city, set the scope, and see the typical calibrated market range — then compare your own rate.
Every shoot type, at national rates
The baseline the tool above adjusts. Low end is raw footage delivered; high end is a fully edited, color-graded film. Same engine, same rate sheet as the client-facing cost guide.
| Shoot | Typical scope | At that scope | Full day (8h) | Turnaround |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wedding videographer | 6h | $1,200 – $2,700 | $1,400 – $2,900 | 4–8 weeks |
| Corporate event videographer | 4h | $900 – $1,500 | $1,400 – $2,000 | 1–2 weeks |
| Brand film | 6h | $1,200 – $2,400 | $1,400 – $2,600 | 2–4 weeks |
| Real estate video | 2h | $600 – $900 | $1,450 – $1,750 | 2–4 days |
| Music video | 8h | $1,400 – $2,400 | $1,400 – $2,400 | 2–4 weeks |
A higher-cost market runs roughly 15–30% above these; more affordable markets run below. Pick your city in the tool above to see yours.
Your client has probably seen these
The cost guide those numbers come from is public, indexed, and written for the person hiring you.
That cuts both ways. If you quote under the band you are leaving money on the table against a client who was already braced for more; if you quote over it, the range is the conversation you have to be ready for — coverage, cameras, edit depth. It is also the reason a lead from here arrives already scoped and already carrying a budget estimate: the same five levers built it.
This is a market benchmark for planning, calibrated to real production rates and adjusted for your city — not a quote, and not a price set, fixed, or recommended by Videographer.com. Each videographer independently sets their own rates; use this only to sanity-check your own pricing against what the wider market typically bears.
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