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Highest Paying Cities for Film and Video Editors

The top 82 highest paying cities for film and video editors (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of film and video editors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,020, Newark-Union, Pennsylvania is the highest paying city for film and video editors. It is followed by Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California (average annual salary $83,880). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2017 [1]. For more salary information of film and video editors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 82 Highest Paying Cities/Areas for Film and Video Editors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$84,020	$36,210	110
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$83,880	$28,750	8,960
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$78,880	$33,350	12,050
4	Camden, New Jersey	$77,320	$35,070	70
5	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$75,740	$31,050	4,750
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$75,290	$34,890	240
7	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$74,020	$35,590	270
8	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$68,320	$26,430	3,680
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$66,680	$41,460	580
10	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$66,420	$41,160	410
11	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$65,780	$45,470	30
12	Fresno, California	$62,520	$25,400	70
13	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,770	$30,260	330
14	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,300	$30,050	390
15	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$59,970	$27,090	130
16	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$58,170	$36,140	60
17	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$58,140	$31,470	260
18	St Louis, Missouri	$57,580	$26,800	170
19	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$56,840	$40,270	50
20	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$55,870	$27,860	100
21	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$55,710	$29,660	310
22	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$54,620	$19,690	n/a
23	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$53,890	$20,680	230
24	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$53,880	$23,950	180
25	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$52,600	$34,920	50
26	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$52,220	$30,840	330
27	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$52,100	$31,770	80
28	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$51,930	$18,860	140
29	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$51,690	$26,740	100
30	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$51,590	$32,610	220
31	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$51,310	$32,870	110
32	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$51,040	$22,680	160
33	Salt Lake City, Utah	$50,890	$25,710	150
34	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$50,830	$31,200	190
35	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$50,830	$31,200	190
36	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$50,320	$29,610	250
37	Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina	$50,000	$22,640	30
38	Columbus, Ohio	$49,500	$33,460	160
39	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$49,470	$28,540	260
40	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$49,060	$31,090	40
41	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$48,390	$31,310	50
42	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$48,370	$26,670	320
43	Madison, Wisconsin	$47,230	$36,060	50
44	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$47,170	$21,610	100
45	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$46,830	$31,690	300
46	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$46,120	$26,810	90
47	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$46,100	$27,870	100
48	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$45,990	$26,310	180
49	Kansas City, Missouri	$45,530	$26,180	90
50	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$44,880	$26,650	110
51	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$44,780	$21,080	40
52	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$44,450	$24,560	280
53	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$43,980	$24,510	40
54	Dayton, Ohio	$43,700	$33,700	30
55	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$43,690	$22,140	470
56	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$43,600	$23,700	40
57	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$43,460	$24,800	240
58	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$43,120	$23,880	120
59	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$42,790	$27,530	30
60	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$42,170	$21,950	790
61	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$42,090	$19,820	340
62	Boulder, Colorado	$42,000	$27,750	50
63	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$41,940	$22,960	170
64	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$41,620	$19,820	250
65	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$40,410	$31,830	50
66	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$39,430	$28,570	50
67	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$39,350	$28,990	220
68	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$38,950	$16,650	60
69	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$38,020	$27,040	90
70	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$37,940	$24,890	180
71	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$37,710	$21,100	200
72	Spokane, Washington	$36,880	$23,350	40
73	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$36,270	$26,860	120
74	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$34,290	$23,490	70
75	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$33,800	$18,520	150
76	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$33,270	$25,140	30
77	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$33,230	$20,420	50
78	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$32,570	$26,380	40
79	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$32,330	$26,450	40
80	Wichita, Kansas	$29,400	$17,350	30
81	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$29,160	$16,180	260
82	Rochester, New York	$23,770	$20,450	50