Highest-paying Cities for Editors

The top 100 highest paying cities for 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 editors in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $103,100, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is the highest paying city for editors. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $96,730). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of editors in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Editors

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$103,100	$48,760	5,500
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$96,730	$56,070	2,680
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$95,090	$52,070	20,230
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$84,410	$44,640	640
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$84,130	$51,960	5,810
6	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$82,020	$43,790	30
7	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$81,790	$48,230	90
8	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$80,710	$45,290	400
9	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$79,000	$45,220	1,630
10	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$78,940	$44,100	30
11	New Haven, Connecticut	$78,670	$43,490	170
12	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$78,560	$39,070	40
13	Olympia, Washington	$77,530	$41,790	70
14	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$77,470	$51,670	2,260
15	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$77,410	$42,940	2,310
16	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$76,790	$45,330	630
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$76,510	$43,810	5,500
18	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$76,450	$46,490	340
19	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$76,170	$45,850	270
20	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$74,440	$44,870	2,350
21	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$74,280	$47,500	160
22	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$74,280	$38,240	210
23	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$73,990	$42,810	100
24	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$73,920	$44,670	150
25	Framingham, Massachusetts	$73,250	$40,290	90
26	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$72,800	$46,280	820
27	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$72,800	$45,900	1,030
28	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$72,650	$45,500	330
29	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$72,230	$36,670	17,640
30	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$71,760	$35,540	40
31	Danbury, Connecticut	$70,720	$41,180	100
32	Nashua, New Hampshire	$70,690	$46,710	60
33	Fond du Lac, Wisconsin	$70,430	$35,150	n/a
34	East and South Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$70,130	$34,650	40
35	Huntsville, Alabama	$69,940	$36,350	50
36	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$69,300	$50,460	290
37	Salem, Oregon	$69,200	$33,460	50
38	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$69,140	$42,420	230
39	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$69,030	$44,860	750
40	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$68,820	$43,730	400
41	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$68,280	$36,750	1,030
42	Stockton, California	$68,270	$46,550	40
43	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$68,210	$43,140	1,740
44	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$68,180	$36,110	4,540
45	Richmond, Virginia	$68,110	$37,220	350
46	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$68,100	$39,580	130
47	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$67,600	$39,360	870
48	Columbus, Ohio	$67,530	$42,920	470
49	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$67,360	$36,670	40
50	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$67,110	$39,100	120
51	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$66,820	$40,380	70
52	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$66,810	$34,440	1,330
53	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$66,670	$41,120	590
54	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$66,520	$38,340	100
55	Northeast Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$66,520	$38,070	40
56	Wilmington, North Carolina	$66,450	$42,660	50
57	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$66,420	$36,560	40
58	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$66,250	$31,690	310
59	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$66,110	$37,960	60
60	Kansas City, Missouri	$66,100	$37,540	420
61	Topeka, Kansas	$66,020	$41,460	50
62	Worcester, Massachusetts	$65,950	$35,450	90
63	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$65,720	$39,780	170
64	Springfield, Massachusetts	$65,510	$41,510	190
65	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$65,460	$37,540	120
66	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$65,360	$41,650	40
67	Camden, New Jersey	$65,340	$37,010	120
68	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$65,220	$28,970	490
69	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$64,560	$38,740	740
70	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$64,260	$38,900	1,050
71	Rochester, New York	$64,160	$37,620	250
72	Rochester, Minnesota	$63,980	$38,250	40
73	Akron, Ohio	$63,940	$42,110	110
74	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$63,930	$37,740	60
75	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$63,680	$43,310	3,130
76	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$63,570	$37,920	350
77	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$63,430	$38,130	40
78	Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, Florida	$63,420	$42,280	40
79	Port St Lucie, Florida	$63,410	$43,210	70
80	Syracuse, New York	$63,400	$37,370	200
81	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$63,320	$37,640	50
82	Ithaca, New York	$63,320	$45,520	90
83	Tacoma, Washington	$63,110	$39,750	60
84	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,970	$45,950	1,350
85	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$62,890	$40,000	40
86	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$62,840	$25,990	910
87	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$62,810	$40,380	120
88	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$62,720	$38,480	90
89	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$62,500	$37,660	60
90	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$62,440	$36,140	1,020
91	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$62,410	$37,780	210
92	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$62,280	$31,740	4,490
93	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$62,160	$37,700	1,420
94	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$61,980	$38,570	70
95	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$61,810	$42,620	90
96	Salinas, California	$61,760	$41,660	40
97	Jacksonville, Florida	$61,760	$37,600	320
98	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$61,740	$40,940	610
99	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$61,580	$36,440	810
100	Manchester, New Hampshire	$61,570	$45,410	60

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for editors.