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Film and Video Editors Salary in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California

The annual salary statistics of film and video editors in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of film and video editors in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 Film and Video Editors in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$42,410
25th Percentile Wage
$46,650
50th Percentile Wage
$76,740
75th Percentile Wage
$97,310
90th Percentile Wage
$129,020

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for film and video editors in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $129,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,740. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,410.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of film and video editors from 2012 to 2022.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth10-Year Growth
2022
$76,740
35.57% 40.03%
2021
$49,440
-27.81% -
2020
$63,190
21.44% -
2019
$49,640
1.81% -
2018
$48,740
-6.54% -
2013
$51,930
11.38% -
2012
$46,020
- -

Table 2. Compare Film and Video Editors Salary in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,740 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 23.8 percent (23.8%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 56.0 percent (56.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$100,740
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$88,020
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$86,360
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$83,880
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$76,740
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$74,760
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$72,800
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$66,570
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$64,600
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$59,970
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$54,820
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$50,140
Fresno
$48,570
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$33,800

See also: Top paying jobs in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California.