Film Editor Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

About 21,000 film editors are working in the US. Unemployment for workers ranks high among occupations in the US. In 2008, 7% of employees were not able to find jobs.

Area Job Conditions

Popular cities for film editors include Boulder (Colorado), San Francisco (California), and New York (New York), and the least popular are Milwaukee (Wisconsin), Fort Worth (Texas), and Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania).

Workers looking for high paying jobs should consider Boston (Massachusetts), Denver (Colorado), and Nassau (New York), and avoid Spokane (Washington), Rochester (New York), and Orlando (Florida).

Training and Education

Employees often get a bachelor's degree before beginning their career. About 58% of film editors have four year degrees. Workers that went to college (but did not get a bachelor's degree) are about 29% of the total. Some employees, about 13%, did not pursue education beyond high-school. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Part-time film editors are 19% of the total. Among workers, about 16% are self-employed.

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Film Editors Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of film editors compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for film editors.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$45,000	60

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$46,000	110

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
San Francisco	$67,000	550
San Diego		180
Santa Ana	$52,000	160
Riverside		160
San Jose		90

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$65,000	230
Boulder	$58,000	90

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$59,000	70

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$65,000	260

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Miami	$43,000	400
Orlando	$35,000	230
Tampa	$52,000	100
West Palm Beach	$55,000	50

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$58,000	90

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$46,000	100

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$63,000	800

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$49,000	60

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$37,000	50

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$39,000	40

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$51,000	230
Bethesda	$50,000	50

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$93,000	290
Springfield	$58,000	40

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$62,000	220
Detroit		50
Lansing	$34,000	30

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$47,000	250

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Kansas City	$39,000	110

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$46,000	70

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$61,000	2,290
Nassau	$65,000	60
Rochester	$36,000	30

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$39,000	150
Greensboro	$32,000	70
Raleigh	$40,000	70
Durham	$41,000	30

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$44,000	100
Columbus	$39,000	80
Cincinnati	$39,000	50

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$59,000	150

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$51,000	190
Scranton	$31,000	40
Pittsburgh		30

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville		120

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Dallas	$99,000	210
Houston	$43,000	150
Austin	$62,000	100
Fort Worth	$33,000	30

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$48,000	110

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$40,000	90

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$54,000	150
Spokane	$32,000	60

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$41,000	30

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