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Editors Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California

The annual salary statistics of editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$36,110
25th Percentile Wage
$49,580
50th Percentile Wage
$68,180
75th Percentile Wage
$95,620
90th Percentile Wage
$156,800

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $156,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,110.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of editors from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$68,180
4.85% 13.45%
2016
$64,870
0.97% -
2015
$64,240
3.22% -
2014
$62,170
-0.43% -
2013
$62,440
5.49% -
2012
$59,010
- -

Table 2. Compare Editors Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $68,180 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is in the middle of salary range for editors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is 33.9 percent (33.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 43.3 percent (43.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$103,100
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$96,730
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$84,410
Vallejo-Fairfield
$82,020
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$79,000
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$74,280
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$69,030
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$68,820
Stockton
$68,270
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$68,180
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$67,110
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$65,460
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$63,930
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$63,430
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$62,840
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$62,280
Salinas
$61,760
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$61,210
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$59,430
Bakersfield-Delano
$55,550
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$54,280
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$53,110
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$50,560
Fresno
$50,540
Modesto
$45,920
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$45,310
Chico
$38,760
Visalia-Porterville
$38,640