The annual salary statistics of film and video editors in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of film and video 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].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $36,690 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $53,620 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $74,760 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $146,460 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $182,110 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for film and video 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 $182,110. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $74,760. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,690.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of film and video editors from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $74,760 | -5.51% | -23.88% |
| 2016 | $78,880 | -19.33% | - |
| 2015 | $94,130 | 9.07% | - |
| 2014 | $85,590 | -0.25% | - |
| 2013 | $85,800 | -7.94% | - |
| 2012 | $92,610 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $74,760 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 25.8 percent (25.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 54.8 percent (54.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.