The first plan we offer with church video editing is Graphics + Video. It's $1,697 a month on a 12-month agreement. That covers 2 videos and 5 graphics each month. Your own team does the filming, and our Video Squad does the editing. You'll find every video price we publish below, what counts as one video, and the other ways churches get editing done.
Every Church Video Editing Price We Publish
You'll find every video price we publish in the table below. Graphics + Video can be paid by the year, or it can run on a 12-month agreement or one month at a time. Busier churches step up to 4, 6 or 10 videos a month. A single extra video covers one heavy stretch. All-In and All-In Premium include 2 videos a month too.
| What you get | Price |
|---|---|
| Graphics + Video: 5 graphics and 2 videos a month | $1,697 a month on a 12-month agreement |
| Graphics + Video: 5 graphics and 2 videos a month | $1,997 a month, month to month |
| Graphics + Video: 5 graphics and 2 videos a month | $16,970 a year, paid up front |
| Graphics + Video: 5 graphics and 4 videos a month | $2,397 a month on a 12-month agreement |
| Graphics + Video: 5 graphics and 6 videos a month | $3,097 a month on a 12-month agreement |
| Graphics + Video: 5 graphics and 10 videos a month | $4,597 a month on a 12-month agreement |
| One extra video | $997 |
| All-In: 10 graphics and 2 videos a month | $2,997 a month on a 12-month agreement |
| All-In Premium: 15 graphics and 2 videos a month | $3,997 a month on a 12-month agreement |
What Counts as One Video
What counts as one video? Every new video we edit, short or long. That covers a sermon bumper, an event promo, a testimonial or a lyrics video, and a weekly announcement video counts the same as the rest. Up to 3 more versions of each come with it, any time: a shorter cut, a new size, or a new date or name. We'll also revise it until it's right. A sermon bumper, a 15-second cut for social and a square version are 1 video.
Four Ways To Get Your Church Video Edited
Most churches weigh a few paths before they settle on one, and that's a sensible thing to do. A freelance editor, a part-time hire, a full-time staff editor and our plans each carry a real upside. We've put them in one table so you can read across: cost, what you get, who manages it, what happens when someone's sick or leaves, gear and software, range of skills and scheduling. The outside figures link to their sources below the table.
| Freelance video editor | Part-time video editor hire | Staff video editor, full time | Church Media Squad plans | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it costs | Typically $6 to $25 an hour on Upwork, agreed with the editor | Half the BLS median (May 2025), assuming half-time hours: $37,710 a year, plus benefits | Median wage of $75,420 a year, plus benefits and paid time off | $1,697 a month on a 12-month agreement for 2 videos and 5 graphics |
| What you get | One person who edits by the hour or by the project | One person on your team for part of the week | One person, the whole week, who gets to know your people | A set number of videos every month, one price, and revisions until it's right |
| Who runs the work | Your church finds, briefs and agrees a price with the editor for each project | The church manages the role, handles payroll and sets priorities | Your church manages the editor, sets their priorities and handles payroll and benefits | Your whole team sends requests, no per-seat charge, and the Video Squad runs the edit |
| When someone is sick or leaves | Church finds a replacement editor and briefs them from scratch | Work waits while the church rehires and retrains someone new | If the editor is sick or leaves, edits pause until the church hires and trains again | When someone's out, the rest of the Video Squad keeps editing |
| Editing computer and software | Works on their own computer, with their own software | The church provides the editing computer and software | The church provides the editing computer and software | No editing computer or software to buy: we edit on ours, and your team films |
| Range of skills | Covers what one person does well; sound or motion graphics may mean a second freelancer | One person's skill set, so a piece needing something new may stretch them | One person's skill set, growing with the church | A whole team of video designers and squad leads, led by a Director of Video Squad |
| How the schedule works | Fits around their other work, so availability varies | Works the church's week, with fewer hours in it | Follows the church's week, with the same Sunday rhythm as the staff | Every request lands in the church's queue with an estimated start date |
| Source | Upwork rate guide, checked 10 November 2026 | Half the US Bureau of Labor Statistics median (May 2025), assuming half-time hours | US Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) | Our pricing page |
Hiring a Freelance Video Editor
If you're weighing a freelancer, Upwork's rate guide for video editors is a useful place to start. It says video editors there typically cost $6 to $25 an hour. It lists mid-tier editors at $31 to $60 an hour. The rates come from contracts worldwide, and your church agrees on the price with the editor. The good part is you pay for what you ask for, which suits a single project like a fall kickoff promo.
A freelance editor is a good fit for plenty of churches, and it helps to know what comes with it. You find them, brief each project and agree a price each time. They work on their own computer and software. Their schedule fits around their other work, so availability varies on a big week like Easter. When they move on, you'll brief someone new. It's one person's skills, so a piece needing motion graphics or sound can mean a second freelancer.
Hiring a Part-Time Video Editor
It's normal to wonder what a part-time editor would run, and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics doesn't publish a part-time figure. So we took half the $75,420 median and assumed half-time hours, which comes to $37,710 a year. Benefits and paid time off are on top. What you get for that is a person on your church's team who knows its people, and that's worth a lot. Median wage source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025).
A part-time hire is someone you recruit and manage yourself, and you carry the payroll, benefits and paid time off that come with the role. You'll also buy the editing computer and the software, since the work happens on your gear. There are fewer hours in the week to spread across a bulletin video, an event promo and a testimony. When they're sick, on vacation or on leave, the work waits, and if they move on you rehire and retrain. It's also one person's skill set, so what they can edit is what they've learned.
A Full-Time Video Editor on Your Staff
A staff editor is how a lot of churches picture it, and it's a fair thing to price out. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) puts the median annual wage for film and video editors at $75,420. For editors at religious, grantmaking, civic, professional and similar organizations, the median was $72,590. Benefits, paid time off, an editing computer and software are on top. The upside is a full week of one person who knows the church, its pastor and its Sundays, and you'll feel that every week.
A staff editor is a good fit for some churches and a heavy lift for others. The church manages the role, sets the priorities and carries payroll, benefits and paid time off, and it provides the editing computer and software. When the editor is sick, on vacation or moves on, the work waits, and the church rehires and retrains. It's also one person's skill set. If you've got steady weekly video and room in the budget, it can be a great fit.
What You Get With Our Monthly Plans
Our church video editing service is part of Graphics + Video, at $1,697 a month on a 12-month agreement. Each month brings 2 videos and 5 graphics. Your team films the footage, and our Video Squad edits what you send. We don't send anyone to film. Revisions keep going until it's right, at no extra charge.
It's a set number of videos a month at a set price, and anyone on your staff can send a request without a per-seat charge. We edit on our own computers and software. The Video Squad, led by a Director of Video Squad, handles the edits, so nothing rests on one person's schedule. If a month runs over the number, the extra video waits in your queue with an estimated start date and counts toward next month. We're not there on Sunday, so your volunteers still do the filming.
What Your Team Films and What Comes Back
Your team does the filming, and that part stays with you. Someone with a phone or a camera captures the sermon, the baptisms and the kids' moments on Sunday, then sends us the footage. We don't send anyone to film. If your volunteers aren't sure what to grab, our Sunday shot list post walks through it. The Video Squad, led by a Director of Video Squad, does the editing. Every video comes with up to 3 more versions, like a shorter cut or a new size, plus revisions until it's right.
Choosing What Fits Your Church's Budget
A volunteer editor costs the church time instead of a fee. It's the person who knows how to cut a clip and said yes when somebody asked. That works well until their week gets full, because a volunteer's edits depend on their job, their family and their skills. When a big Sunday lands during a busy stretch for them, the video waits. Sometimes the editor gets better and the church is grateful. Sometimes they move on and the church starts over.
Start by counting the videos your church really makes in a normal month. Maybe that's a bumper for each series, an event promo and a testimony or two. If that comes to 2, Graphics + Video fits. If you post a weekly announcement video, you're looking at 4 at the least, and the 6 step leaves room for a bumper and another video on top. When one month runs heavy, a video can wait in your queue and count toward next month, or you can add a single extra video.
You don't have to take our word for any of the prices above, because they're all on our pricing page. Our church video editing page shows the work itself, edited by our Video Squad from footage churches filmed. And if you'd rather talk it over with a person, we're glad to. Revisions come with every video until it's right, at no extra charge.
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Bumpers, promos, testimonies, and the vertical cuts that come out of a single Sunday service.
Published by Church Media Squad on November 10, 2026.