Editors Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Editors positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$75,260

National average

Salary Range

$36,200 – $140,840

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Editors Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$99,720$56,020$165,650
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$99,220$58,540$175,960
New York$98,620$55,810$174,670
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$96,270$51,060$178,130
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$94,750$52,320$165,730
Delaware$91,700$44,650$103,180
California$90,570$48,480$167,510
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$90,570$50,610$168,540
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$87,330$59,890$133,290
Salem, OR$86,870$39,330$118,560
Kennewick-Richland, WA$86,310$54,270$124,890
New Haven, CT$85,380$36,320$130,900
Washington$85,250$57,020$133,290
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$84,930$38,410$163,000
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$81,910$44,130$157,660
Connecticut$81,910$37,670$155,880
District of Columbia$81,580$61,470$167,710
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$80,990$50,790$161,530
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$80,820$49,250$104,560
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$80,080$52,930$113,450
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$79,370$49,830$144,210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$79,360$57,360$148,410
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$79,250$47,410$138,270
Virginia$79,080$44,410$130,260
Binghamton, NY$78,900$47,020$117,820
Massachusetts$78,720$48,370$137,630
Boulder, CO$78,700$45,990$119,990
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$77,980$22,620$96,890
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$77,980$22,620$96,940
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$77,790$46,080$132,520
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$77,610$50,490$124,870
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$77,220$43,940$129,890
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$77,190$47,640$107,990
Manchester-Nashua, NH$77,160$44,990$121,030
West Virginia$76,760$28,360$100,070
Charlottesville, VA$76,230$43,250$110,490
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$76,160$43,250$124,770
Colorado$75,660$44,310$113,920
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$75,380$40,090$98,250
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$75,260$45,980$125,410
Glens Falls, NY$74,860$48,330$140,730
Richmond, VA$74,700$38,520$108,130
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$74,520$45,840$127,420
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$74,430$45,340$237,430
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$74,240$46,230$129,150
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$74,020$44,820$108,310
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$73,800$47,380$124,020
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$73,250$38,630$122,630
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$72,800$37,050$158,160
Oregon$72,780$40,060$108,520
Vallejo, CA$72,580$41,730$164,080
Barnstable Town, MA$72,580$40,810$93,110
Maryland$72,500$44,840$122,650
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$72,330$36,580$139,510
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$72,300$48,250$132,900
Worcester, MA$71,630$47,770$138,510
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$71,600$40,820$119,310
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$69,990$49,290$136,580
Salinas, CA$69,090$41,150$121,570
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$68,950$35,770$107,290
Raleigh-Cary, NC$68,950$45,330$98,770
Columbus, OH$68,770$46,730$110,980
Illinois$68,050$39,400$116,650
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$67,930$39,030$107,490
Colorado Springs, CO$67,750$39,420$104,470
Springfield, MA$67,650$45,960$118,470
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$67,360$43,980$67,360
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$66,980$36,180$118,960
Georgia$66,880$38,860$127,190
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$66,880$34,230$128,070
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$66,790$36,070$107,670
Tallahassee, FL$66,460$37,250$110,520
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$66,040$39,740$120,620
New Hampshire$65,920$35,050$115,970
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$65,460$50,000$134,950
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$65,430$38,590$106,120
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$65,280$39,930$98,760
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$65,080$35,510$99,640
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$64,990$39,540$101,820
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$64,780$32,440$136,660
Springfield, IL$64,750$47,980$78,190
Rhode Island$64,740$38,000$107,190
Santa Fe, NM$64,640$41,830$120,440
Syracuse, NY$64,620$44,640$120,710
Madison, WI$64,580$42,460$100,800
Lawrence, KS$64,480$46,210$82,630
Savannah, GA$64,440$37,660$120,810
Florida$64,380$35,780$134,080
North Carolina$64,340$38,410$100,650
Iowa City, IA$64,240$38,020$116,040
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$63,990$39,470$107,190
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$63,890$43,290$107,910
Pittsfield, MA$63,840$45,870$124,910
Pennsylvania$63,790$36,900$125,900
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$63,620$31,200$120,130
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$63,520$35,020$124,520
Rochester, NY$63,290$31,200$129,290
College Station-Bryan, TX$63,290$37,100$110,390
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$63,220$37,440$101,880
Champaign-Urbana, IL$63,220$38,420$95,110
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$63,190$38,360$119,670
St. Louis, MO-IL$63,130$37,870$100,270
Fresno, CA$62,940$37,620$107,780
Nevada$62,910$38,770$94,760
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$62,910$38,770$98,730
Naples-Marco Island, FL$62,870$34,610$135,490
Vermont$62,710$45,280$136,570
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$62,500$37,870$95,920
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$62,480$37,780$102,190
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$62,450$31,200$114,050
Erie, PA$62,340$33,930$103,690
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$62,320$43,860$113,750
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$62,240$30,920$104,390
Michigan$62,140$30,920$104,410
Eugene-Springfield, OR$61,950$37,780$94,700
Greeley, CO$61,920$40,660$85,420
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$61,860$37,280$103,840
Asheville, NC$61,760$36,400$94,290
Cleveland, OH$61,730$46,450$104,520
Arizona$61,530$36,420$105,690
Albuquerque, NM$61,480$39,140$172,460
Cedar Rapids, IA$61,390$44,090$95,150
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$61,340$42,970$102,310
Ohio$61,330$42,100$106,100
New Mexico$61,250$38,270$132,240
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$61,250$31,340$128,970
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$61,210$29,320$119,990
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$61,200$32,740$172,200
Bend, OR$61,160$39,700$101,440
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$61,130$44,470$89,190
Reno, NV$61,100$37,990$92,150
Ann Arbor, MI$61,100$33,960$106,330
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$60,540$28,510$113,260
Gainesville, FL$60,540$37,050$132,820
Stockton-Lodi, CA$60,530$34,840$100,170
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$60,520$30,690$99,290
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$60,470$30,300$105,930
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$60,290$38,100$101,130
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$60,280$38,550$95,950
Pittsburgh, PA$60,240$37,590$104,670
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$60,060$38,880$96,560
Jacksonville, FL$60,000$37,420$100,880
Columbia, SC$59,990$38,650$146,750
Utah$59,860$36,570$114,180
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$59,840$38,730$106,500
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$59,710$37,190$109,500
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$59,610$40,010$123,160
Kansas City, MO-KS$59,440$44,650$97,920
Bellingham, WA$59,290$50,890$101,470
Kingston, NY$59,280$33,280$115,510
Akron, OH$59,110$44,000$103,580
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$59,100$37,490$113,750
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$58,990$37,830$97,350
Wisconsin$58,940$36,760$92,690
Green Bay, WI$58,810$39,770$82,990
Missouri$58,740$35,360$96,740
Columbia, MO$58,740$44,040$94,990
Greensboro-High Point, NC$58,690$37,650$94,870
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$58,670$38,370$92,630
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$58,640$38,470$109,950
Iowa$58,570$39,600$96,500
Dubuque, IA$58,540$44,340$90,630
Evansville, IN$58,410$29,190$97,950
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$58,390$33,450$95,420
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$58,320$43,180$98,600
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$58,240$29,850$98,660
South Carolina$58,210$25,740$116,310
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$58,210$40,660$103,140
Tucson, AZ$58,200$36,760$95,990
Topeka, KS$58,120$39,820$107,220
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$58,070$33,700$101,930
Roanoke, VA$58,050$34,380$102,810
Hawaii$58,000$30,780$133,820
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$57,960$37,580$110,880
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$57,830$32,630$97,410
Urban Honolulu, HI$57,780$30,780$127,880
Toledo, OH$57,770$36,540$101,590
Youngstown-Warren, OH$57,600$44,900$97,710
Fargo, ND-MN$57,570$28,660$98,960
Kentucky$57,410$29,840$110,050
South Dakota$57,260$42,990$66,600
Rockford, IL$57,130$36,910$88,910
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$56,750$38,720$99,120
Winston-Salem, NC$56,750$39,530$81,990
North Dakota$56,660$28,660$90,220
Lexington-Fayette, KY$56,620$31,100$98,050
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$56,440$28,980$90,900
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$56,160$45,830$97,890
Eau Claire, WI$55,690$34,940$94,010
Birmingham, AL$55,660$30,320$91,470
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$55,540$39,660$78,290
Alaska$55,370$34,660$77,890
Springfield, MO$55,240$35,950$86,450
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$54,900$29,100$98,450
Kansas$54,480$27,640$92,270
Bismarck, ND$54,080$28,960$99,810
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$53,920$37,030$92,660
Minnesota$53,900$39,660$97,890
Harrisonburg, VA$53,670$38,090$106,080
Waco, TX$53,250$36,720$95,670
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$53,240$23,710$105,280
Oklahoma City, OK$53,000$31,790$97,180
Morgantown, WV$52,780$38,030$100,970
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$52,470$35,120$95,190
Fort Wayne, IN$52,420$41,580$85,400
Peoria, IL$52,250$31,720$92,070
Tuscaloosa, AL$51,990$36,790$86,950
Boise City, ID$51,970$36,170$91,930
Lancaster, PA$51,580$38,930$99,380
Indiana$51,550$22,350$95,400
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$51,380$28,920$73,800
Tennessee$51,060$34,670$94,410
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$50,950$38,440$106,000
Knoxville, TN$50,950$34,020$83,870
Lubbock, TX$50,140$34,510$70,390
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,800$34,000$83,910
Wichita, KS$49,610$34,480$77,960
Mississippi$49,510$19,110$94,270
Baton Rouge, LA$49,020$36,870$75,180
Louisiana$48,880$28,350$70,180
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,860$29,290$101,700
Chattanooga, TN-GA$48,830$36,070$111,630
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$48,810$29,450$83,720
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$48,470$28,510$83,660
Corpus Christi, TX$48,350$33,680$78,220
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$48,340$28,920$70,860
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,340$36,760$74,370
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$48,260$31,200$122,240
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$48,010$29,730$100,740
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$47,760$26,810$74,420
Portland-South Portland, ME$47,750$31,340$93,340
Maine$47,750$30,560$101,430
Lincoln, NE$47,670$24,960$83,150
Jackson, MS$47,470$18,630$79,930
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$47,420$27,910$74,990
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$47,390$31,110$124,280
Huntsville, AL$47,370$19,760$125,100
Idaho$46,880$35,350$79,740
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,470$39,600$94,100
Bozeman, MT$46,410$37,490$74,990
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$46,270$33,850$79,710
Omaha, NE-IA$46,240$30,930$93,390
Tulsa, OK$46,200$27,700$80,610
Killeen-Temple, TX$46,130$30,730$135,570
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$46,080$37,550$79,240
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$46,070$34,890$75,300
Missoula, MT$45,770$33,430$65,990
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$45,690$29,690$101,420
Oklahoma$45,560$28,240$80,610
Duluth, MN-WI$45,510$31,200$83,500
Montana$45,470$35,190$70,180
St. Cloud, MN$45,350$40,390$100,750
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$45,340$28,770$85,970
Billings, MT$45,330$34,240$63,850
York-Hanover, PA$45,310$31,170$76,880
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$45,200$23,010$84,350
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$45,070$45,070$71,520
State College, PA$44,990$38,230$89,610
Alabama$44,990$26,690$92,270
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,980$34,890$96,380
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,910$26,880$72,120
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,890$29,250$93,860
Arkansas$44,690$22,880$74,990
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$44,530$39,320$73,860
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$44,500$22,710$87,100
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$44,160$29,150$82,010
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,090$21,900$113,190
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$43,800$29,250$92,480
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$43,640$29,600$79,320
Wyoming$43,280$19,350$111,400
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$43,150$19,350$78,340
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$43,060$19,350$66,300
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$42,820$31,340$55,460
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$42,110$28,920$77,160
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$41,670$29,590$78,970
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$41,590$23,180$89,230
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$41,590$30,810$92,110
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$40,750$27,180$70,980
Nebraska$40,100$24,960$78,050
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,460$29,110$75,920
Montgomery, AL$39,140$18,660$85,370
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$38,160$27,320$76,680
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,820$24,440$74,340
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$37,660$30,260$64,890
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,500$24,550$90,120
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$37,410$21,140$60,470
Puerto Rico$37,410$21,140$60,470
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,300$22,160$81,380
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$37,240$29,260$79,060
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$37,180$28,770$80,630
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$30,160$28,140$72,910
Texas$28,860$27,610$89,030

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Editors make?

The median annual salary for a Editors is $75,260, with a typical range of $36,200 – $140,840 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Editors?

Entry-level Editors positions typically start around $36,200 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Editorss earn the most?

Editorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.