When my book comes out I expect to make money. I consider myself to be starting a business and while I understand me not making money for the first year, maybe two, if I don't make money and start to turn a profit, why would I start a failing business in the first place? I wish more indie authors would treat it as a business. Nothing wrong with trying to make money if you get what's necessary like editing.
I go into a far more detailing posting on my
site but for developmental editing the ranges I found were $35-50/hour and the average was $40-45. Talking to my editor I'm currently using, the copyedit is going to be far cheaper but I think that has more to do with time. For the first developmental edit, she worked 50 hours on my manuscript.
The numbers and ranges for editing is really easy to get. All you have to do is email editors, which if you're looking for one you should do, to get pricing and a sample.
Editors are great and necessary. I learned a lot, all the ones I queried were nice and helpful, and the one I'm currently working with is great. I won't read a book that's not edited by a professional.