Book Editor Salary in New York
Book editors are employed by publishing companies and are tasked with helping prepare an author's work for publication. Such professionals may deal with a variety of genres, spending a significant amount of their time reading and reviewing manuscripts, and making revisions. Book editors work with assistants who fact check and ensure that grammatical and spelling errors are corrected. A book editor salary in New York is higher than the national average salary for all editors.
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New York Editors
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics lists the mean annual salary for all editors in the state of New York as $74,690 as of May 2010. Those who were in the 10th percentile earned an average annual salary of $33,880. For New York editors in the 25th and 50th percentiles, their salaries averaged $42,990 and $63,290, respectively. For New York editors in the 75th and 90th percentiles, these salaries averaged $91,740 and $131,550, respectively. National salary data for editors in the newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishers approximated the mean annual wage, therefore book editors most likely earn an average annual salary of approximately $75,000 in New York.
National Editors
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Editor salaries in New York are higher than the national average. Indeed, New York is the highest paying state in the nation for editors regardless of industry. Nationally, editors in the 10th percentile averaged $28,880 per year as of May 2010. Those in the 25th and 50th percentiles earned $37,980 and $51,470, respectively. Editors in the 75th and 90th percentiles earned an average of $71,640 and $96,800, respectively. The mean annual salary for all editors was $59,340 which is more than $15,000 less than the New York state average.
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Top Locations
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Besides coming in as the best paying state for editors, the New York City metropolitan area had the highest salary levels of any metropolitan area according to the bureau. With approximately 15 percent of all editors working in greater New York, the average annual salary was $78,900. The Washington, D.C. area was second at $68,710 per year followed by greater Los Angeles at $67,480.
Top Industries
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Of the nearly 100,000 people the BLS identified as editors as of May 2010, 57,200 worked in the newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishers industry. These editors earned an annual mean wage of $58,270. The top pay was realized by those who worked in the computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing industry, where editors earned $92,950 per year. Editors employed by software publishers earned an average annual salary of $82,300.
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