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Editors in New Jersey

Is New Jersey a good place for you to work as an Editor?

-6% Jobs Projection
$69,550 Median Salary
340 Job Openings

While jobs for Editors in New Jersey are decreasing, those who do work in these jobs get paid higher than average.

  • Employment for Editors in New Jersey is expected to decrease.

  • Editors in New Jersey earn higher salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Editors Work in New Jersey?

3,130 people worked as Editors in 2018 in this state.

There were 2,920 Editors employed in this state in 2017.

That’s growth of 210 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 950 Editors working in it, which means New Jersey has more Editors than average.

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Job Projections for New Jersey

Jobs for Editors in this state are declining at a rate of 6.3% which is a faster decline than the nationwide estimated projection of -1.4%.

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New Jersey Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 340 annual job openings, and a total of 3,690 jobs for New Jersey Editors in 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 12,000 annual jobs and 125,600 total jobs in 2026.

What do Editors Make in New Jersey?

In 2018 wages for Editors ranged from $35,880 to $116,710 with $69,550 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $17.25 to $56.11. The median hourly rate was $33.44.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $32.96 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $0.48.

The median salary in New Jersey is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top New Jersey Metros for Editors

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Editors.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 19,730 $72,030
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1,890 $61,300
Trenton, NJ 190 $66,360
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 110 $56,830

Top States for Editors Employment

View the list below to see where most Editors work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
New York 19,140 $70,200
California 11,060 $68,530
Texas 5,490 $53,450
Florida 4,190 $53,150
Illinois 3,830 $58,540
Virginia 3,450 $65,050
District of Columbia 3,330 $80,210
Massachusetts 3,160 $71,730
New Jersey 3,130 $69,550
Pennsylvania 3,020 $55,750
Minnesota 2,700 $54,160
Maryland 2,280 $56,040
Georgia 2,190 $55,830
Ohio 2,090 $52,450
North Carolina 2,090 $52,080
Colorado 2,010 $57,350
Washington 1,830 $63,540
Tennessee 1,690 $45,100
Michigan 1,670 $52,740
Wisconsin 1,580 $46,350

Below are the states where Editors get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $80,210
Massachusetts $71,730
New York $70,200
New Jersey $69,550
California $68,530
Rhode Island $67,660
Virginia $65,050
Connecticut $64,860
Hawaii $64,090
Washington $63,540

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