Hi all, I recently graduated (May 2025) and have been working as a copywriting intern at a company in my city for the last year. I started there June 2024, and was only supposed to be there until this June. I ended up ‘extending’ my internship because I liked the company, people, and position a lot (they also really need the copywriting support). This company often fosters internal growth through their internships, many of my coworkers being former interns. I learned recently that while they can’t hire me on full-time, they’d be able to offer me a contracted position through 2026. Here’s where I’m struggling. My contracted position would be as a junior copywriter. As an intern, I’m currently paid $20/hr, and I know that ‘level 1’ employees here make around 65-70k. Should I be asking for the same pay as other entry level positions here? My instinct says no, but by the time my contracted position would start, I’ll have been at the company for 1.5 years. Any advice?   submitted by   /u/nidabets [link]   [comments]