Editors: Schools and Careers

Browse all of the tabs below for info about Editors:

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Career Stories
Top Industries

About Editors

Career information and college search tools for editors and those interested in pursuing careers in related fields.

The Top Cities tab shows employment statistics for Editors by major metro area.

The Top Industries tab shows which industries have the most jobs for Editors, along with salary data by industry.

The Find Schools tab lets you search for schools by field of study, degree level, and location.

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Career Stories
Top Industries

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Editors

The map below shows some metro areas where the profession is more popular, compared to the size of the population, than in the rest of the country. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the US.

(Also see our complete career descriptions list.)

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Editors

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Editors relative to the population of the city, as of 2008.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

Clicking on each city's name takes you to a detailed career profile for that city, providing the number of jobs, salaries, amount of training required, and more, for hundreds of job types.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2008)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Montgomery	160	$41,570	1.2
Huntsville	180	$52,160	1.1
Tuscaloosa	50		0.7
Birmingham	230	$47,060	0.5
ALASKA
Anchorage	110	$58,380	0.8
ARIZONA
Kingman	40	$43,260	1.1
Tucson	310	$46,610	1
Phoenix	1,130	$49,420	0.7
ARKANSAS
Little Rock	210	$45,430	0.7
Fort Smith	60	$37,290	0.6
Fayetteville	70	$34,750	0.4
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco	1,690	$66,400	2
San Jose	1,250	$58,020	1.6
Oakland	890	$48,500	1
Merced	40	$25,580	0.9
San Diego	1,020	$46,390	0.9
Oxnard	210	$60,570	0.9
San Luis Obispo	60	$52,190	0.8
Santa Barbara	100	$53,060	0.7
Santa Ana	940	$67,270	0.7
Sacramento	540	$50,640	0.7
Santa Rosa	100	$50,140	0.7
Santa Cruz	40	$49,730	0.6
Fresno	100	$52,470	0.4
Stockton	50	$55,620	0.3
Bakersfield	60	$50,710	0.3
Riverside	230	$54,090	0.2
COLORADO
Boulder	320	$54,930	2.5
Colorado Springs	400	$45,820	1.9
Denver	1,020	$60,890	1
CONNECTICUT
Waterbury	70	$55,270	1.4
Bridgeport	480	$57,280	1.3
Hartford	310	$57,910	0.6
Norwich	60		0.6
DELAWARE
Wilmington	190	$57,840	0.7
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	5,440	$62,880	2.8
FLORIDA
Gainesville	160	$50,920	1.8
Deltona	170	$57,100	1.4
Tallahassee	150	$47,580	1.1
Cape Coral	190	$52,390	1.1
West Palm Beach	490		1.1
Miami	840	$61,580	1
Sarasota	190	$57,360	0.9
Jacksonville	440	$45,010	0.9
Fort Lauderdale	530	$55,770	0.9
Naples	80	$83,800	0.8
Tampa	730	$63,610	0.7
Port St. Lucie	70	$47,610	0.7
Ocala	50	$53,670	0.7
Orlando	600	$49,810	0.7
Pensacola	80	$46,880	0.7
Palm Bay	100		0.6
Lakeland	90	$65,040	0.6
GEORGIA
Savannah	170		1.4
Atlanta	2,130	$56,070	1.1
Athens	60	$54,840	1.1
Augusta	90	$49,330	0.5
Macon	40		0.5
HAWAII
Honolulu	230	$53,650	0.6
IDAHO
Pocatello	30	$35,280	1.4
Boise	190	$51,440	0.9
ILLINOIS
Champaign	270	$41,650	3.7
Chicago	4,770	$56,690	1.5
Peoria	110	$50,660	0.8
Rockford	90	$51,630	0.7
INDIANA
Bloomington	90	$44,000	1.7
South Bend	130	$35,380	1.2
Indianapolis	620	$47,580	0.8
Terre Haute	40	$44,380	0.8
Evansville	50	$47,800	0.4
IOWA
Iowa City	110	$45,210	2
Cedar Rapids	200	$40,640	1.9
Ames	50	$36,600	1.9
Davenport	210	$42,650	1.4
Waterloo	50	$33,580	0.8
KANSAS
Lawrence	40	$44,310	1.2
Topeka	50	$57,480	0.6
Wichita	120	$41,010	0.5
KENTUCKY
Lexington	180	$46,670	0.9
Louisville	320	$54,330	0.6
LOUISIANA
New Orleans	250	$49,550	0.6
Monroe	30	$43,540	0.5
Shreveport	70	$33,710	0.5
Baton Rouge	130	$49,730	0.4
MAINE
Portland	180	$56,350	1.1
MARYLAND
Bethesda	960	$66,030	2
Baltimore	1,140	$46,360	1
Hagerstown	50	$42,860	0.6
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston	3,180	$63,880	2.2
Framingham	240	$58,880	1.8
Pittsfield	30	$48,020	1.3
Barnstable	70	$55,540	0.9
New Bedford	40	$65,180	0.8
Springfield	190	$42,000	0.8
Worcester	110	$52,690	0.5
Lowell	50	$56,550	0.5
MICHIGAN
Ann Arbor	170	$48,280	1.3
Grand Rapids	310	$42,680	1
Lansing	140	$50,490	0.9
Warren	530	$51,230	0.5
Holland	40	$35,500	0.5
MINNESOTA
Minneapolis	2,810	$50,370	1.9
Rochester	80	$58,490	1.1
St. Cloud	60	$37,040	0.8
Duluth	70	$40,490	0.7
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	120	$42,020	0.6
MISSOURI
Columbia	100	$41,930	1.6
Jefferson City	40	$41,530	0.8
Kansas City	670	$60,060	0.8
Springfield	110	$36,690	0.7
St. Louis	700	$66,660	0.6
MONTANA
Missoula	60	$40,230	1.6
Billings	50	$39,040	0.8
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	160	$44,430	1.2
Omaha	230	$43,440	0.6
NEVADA
Reno	100	$53,620	0.6
Las Vegas	290	$54,180	0.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Rochester	90	$45,380	2.1
Nashua	110	$52,980	1
Manchester	80	$68,940	1
Portsmouth	40	$48,220	1
NEW JERSEY
Trenton	260	$58,380	1.5
Vineland	50	$38,330	1.2
Edison	820	$49,710	0.9
Newark	620	$65,120	0.7
Atlantic City	70	$57,310	0.6
Camden	230	$60,940	0.5
NEW MEXICO
Albuquerque	220	$53,190	0.7
NEW YORK
Ithaca	120	$39,740	3.9
New York	15,700	$78,880	3.6
Kingston	120		2.7
Albany	590	$60,130	1.6
Rochester	540	$59,970	1.3
Nassau	1,290	$60,500	1.2
Binghamton	60	$47,000	0.7
Poughkeepsie	130	$46,340	0.7
Syracuse	170	$44,320	0.7
Buffalo	260	$53,420	0.6
NORTH CAROLINA
Durham	300	$49,320	1.3
Raleigh	420	$51,680	1
Asheville	110	$50,810	0.8
Charlotte	470	$53,010	0.6
Fayetteville	60	$48,090	0.6
Greensboro	190	$51,910	0.6
Wilmington	70	$52,480	0.6
Winston-Salem	90	$40,330	0.5
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	40	$41,910	1
Fargo	40	$47,970	0.4
OHIO
Dayton	610	$45,040	1.9
Columbus	1,030	$41,140	1.3
Akron	270	$49,520	1
Cleveland	810	$55,520	0.9
Cincinnati	670	$45,480	0.8
Toledo	180	$44,960	0.7
Youngstown	80	$51,360	0.4
OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma City	460	$29,870	1
OREGON
Medford	90	$52,720	1.4
Bend	40	$43,020	0.8
Portland	670	$54,550	0.8
Salem	90	$38,920	0.7
Eugene	80	$45,990	0.7
PENNSYLVANIA
State College	60		1.4
Philadelphia	1,920	$58,720	1.2
Scranton	230	$42,320	1.1
Allentown	270	$51,980	1
Johnstown	40	$27,830	1
Reading	110	$48,010	0.8
Pittsburgh	680	$51,420	0.7
Erie	70		0.7
Lancaster	130	$50,080	0.7
Harrisburg	160	$51,360	0.6
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	270	$65,770	0.6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Greenville	140	$48,140	0.6
Charleston	130	$57,900	0.5
Spartanburg	50	$45,360	0.5
Columbia	110	$39,100	0.4
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	40	$40,250	0.9
Sioux Falls	70	$42,390	0.6
TENNESSEE
Kingsport	70		0.8
Knoxville	170	$44,420	0.6
Chattanooga	80	$39,960	0.4
Memphis	150	$45,520	0.3
TEXAS
Austin	910	$52,810	1.4
College Station	50	$48,130	0.9
Waco	60	$46,490	0.8
Fort Worth	540	$53,160	0.7
Dallas	1,160	$59,940	0.7
Brownsville	60	$38,680	0.6
San Antonio	430	$47,620	0.6
Tyler	40	$39,120	0.6
Houston	1,190	$57,100	0.5
Killeen	50	$32,280	0.5
Lubbock	40	$41,750	0.4
McAllen	70	$41,800	0.4
El Paso	70	$47,040	0.3
Corpus Christi	40	$35,860	0.3
UTAH
Provo	160	$35,640	1.2
Salt Lake City	610	$49,380	1.2
Ogden	120	$51,100	0.7
VERMONT
Burlington	120	$40,030	1.4
VIRGINIA
Charlottesville	210	$50,870	2.9
Virginia Beach	720	$40,040	1.1
Blacksburg	30		0.7
Richmond	290	$52,160	0.6
Roanoke	70	$59,600	0.6
Lynchburg	40	$37,680	0.5
WASHINGTON
Bellingham	80	$48,570	1.3
Seattle	1,020	$67,850	0.8
Spokane	110	$59,070	0.6
Bremerton	40	$57,010	0.6
Kennewick	40	$64,200	0.6
Olympia	40	$49,570	0.6
WEST VIRGINIA
Charleston	70	$42,420	0.6
Huntington	30	$43,280	0.3
WISCONSIN
Madison	620	$43,740	2.2
Appleton	80	$46,760	0.9
Milwaukee	580	$56,630	0.8
Green Bay	100	$40,590	0.7
Oshkosh	40	$53,700	0.6

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Career Stories
Top Industries

School Search Tool

Search for schools from among more than 7,000 across the US. (Data is as of 2007, and is updated annually as available.)

Majors and Degrees:

(Select a General category to see more specific choices.)

General

Degree
State

Search (results below)

Clear

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Career Stories
Top Industries

Editors Career Video

No video is available for this career at this time.

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Career Stories
Top Industries

Career Stories (Job Profiles) for Editors

The inside stories from people actually working in the field.
Click a story title to show the story, and click the title again to hide it.

All Types

Editor-In-Chief At A Book Publishing Company
Executive Editor For A College Textbook Publisher
Freelance Editor
Managing Editor For A Management Consulting Firm
Marketing Editor For A Speakers' Bureau
Proof-Reader And Editor For A Military Journal
Proof-Reader And Editor For A Military Journal
Technical Editor For A Software Company
Web Editor At A Business Publishing Company

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Career Stories
Top Industries

Most Popular Industries (as of 2008) for:
Editors

Industries representing at least 1% of total jobs for the occupation.

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2008)
Traditional Publishing	67,480	65%	$49,360
Professional And Technical Services	8,560	8%	$53,110
Other Information Services	5,160	4%	$50,110
Education	4,190	4%	$48,790
Media And Broadcasting	4,090	3%	$50,730
Movie And Music	3,310	3%	$53,420
Office Services And Staffing	2,700	2%	$47,370
Business Management	1,970	1%	$52,090

Employment For:
All Jobs > Editors

CityTownInfo Career and College Resources

Career List
College Search Resources
All Colleges by Name
Education Articles
Geographic Profiles

Link to This Resource Page (copy & paste)

Related Careers

All Careers

Related Careers

All Arts And Entertainment
Actors
Art Directors
Audio And Video Technicians
Broadcast News Analysts
Broadcast Technicians
Camera Operators
Coaches
Communication Equipment Workers
Craft Artists
Dancers
Editors
Entertainers
Film And Video Editors
Fine Artists
Multimedia Artists
Music Directors And Composers
Musicians And Singers
Photographers
Producers And Directors
Public Relations Specialists
Radio And Television Announcers
Reporters
Translators
Writers

Editors: Schools and Careers

About Editors

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Editors

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:Editors

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN