The annual salary statistics of film and video editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of film and video editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $47,120 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,530 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $72,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $121,940 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $167,240 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for film and video editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $167,240. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $72,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,120.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of film and video editors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $72,800 | 13.27% | -7.80% |
| 2021 | $63,140 | -40.67% | - |
| 2019 | $88,820 | 14.50% | - |
| 2018 | $75,940 | 1.94% | - |
| 2017 | $74,470 | -5.38% | - |
| 2016 | $78,480 | -18.00% | - |
| 2015 | $92,610 | 15.26% | - |
| 2012 | $78,480 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $72,800 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for film and video editors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of film and video editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 27.7 percent (27.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 53.6 percent (53.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.