The fields that pay
Technical documentation, developer content, finance, healthcare and legal writing. Each pays a multiple of general content because fewer writers understand the subject.
Getting above mill rates
Content mills pay by the word for interchangeable work. Escaping them means specialising, showing published work in that niche, and quoting per project rather than per word.
The portfolio
Five pieces in your target niche, publicly linkable. If you have none, write two speculatively. Nobody checks whether you were paid for them.
Common questions
How much do remote writers earn?
Enormously variable. General content pays little; technical and B2B specialist writing pays several times more.
Do I need a journalism degree?
No. Published work in the relevant subject matters far more.