No, I don’t intend to talk about people blogging about mortgages as that is another post for another time. I’m discussing the issue of professional bloggers being able to pay their own mortgage. This is a new medium and certainly a new career path that is transpiring across the internet. Steve Rubel links today to an article by Adam Penenberg of Wired News which discusses possible salaries of bloggers. Right now blog salaries are not on many books of companies, because the wages of the position have never been fully established. Sure they are being absorbed under the PR and Marketing department budgets, but without a full understanding of a bloggers worth, how do they know what to pay? We have heard tell of bloggers being paid as low as $4.00 per post, and as Steve points out, in the New Yorker, bloggers are claiming to be making between $30,000 and $169,000 per year. Not bad wages depending on the locale, and the requirements of the blogger. I can assure you I have yet to pay any of the people in my talented pool of professional bloggers a six figure salary.As potential employers hiring bloggers out there, what is a fair wage for a blogger? You must also consider the benefits paid, taxes, and the other costs of having an employee under your company wing. So how much is the investment of a blogger worth to you and your company? Certainly only time will tell as employers and companies find out their return on investment. In the meantime, using Bloggers For Hire is a great alternative to employing and maintaining an as yet unknown ROI. Let us provide your with the talented blogger while your competition tries to figure out how they might fit into the blogosphere. You will be way out front as a forward thinking and innovative business.