Film and Video Editors · SOC 27-4032

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Film and Video Editorss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for film and video editors. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (6 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 76 metro areas

Film and Video Editors: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$109,930	740	0.3
2	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$104,590	3,430	0.4
3	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$93,600	250	0.2
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$91,750	560	0.2
5	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$88,910	430	0.2
6	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$84,780	30	0.2
7	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$83,550	220	1.3
8	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$83,480	220	0.1
9	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$83,230	180	0.4
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$83,210	6,010	1.0
11	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$80,480	220	0.3
12	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$79,810	Not published	Not published
13	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$79,560	120	0.1
14	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$79,040	60	0.2
15	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$78,660	50	0.1
16	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$78,210	250	0.1
17	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$75,420	280	0.1
18	Birmingham, AL	$74,410	60	0.1
19	Rochester, NY	$73,680	40	0.1
20	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$73,130	70	0.1
21	Fresno, CA	$73,010	50	0.1
22	St. Louis, MO-IL	$72,300	120	0.1
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$71,990	250	0.2
24	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$71,370	70	0.2
25	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$69,760	90	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Film and Video Editors overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.