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Film and Video Editors Salary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The annual salary statistics of film and video editors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of film and video editors in Philadelphia 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 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,910
25th Percentile Wage
$41,180
50th Percentile Wage
$67,090
75th Percentile Wage
$91,640
90th Percentile Wage
$115,640

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for film and video editors in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $115,640. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $67,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,910.

Median salary trend

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

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$67,090
16.72% 26.80%
2016
$55,870
7.21% -
2015
$51,840
15.07% -
2014
$44,030
-15.83% -
2013
$51,000
3.71% -
2012
$49,110
- -

Table 2. Compare Film and Video Editors Salary in Philadelphia with Other Pennsylvania Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $67,090, Philadelphia is the second highest paying city for film and video editors in state of Pennsylvania, following the highest paying city Newark-Union (median annual salary of $86,040). Compared with Newark-Union, the median annual salary of film and video editors in Philadelphia is 22.0 percent (22.0%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Newark-Union
$86,040
Philadelphia
$67,090
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington
$56,740
Harrisburg-Carlisle
$56,360
Pittsburgh
$51,750
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton
$51,150
Lancaster
$31,070