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Film and Video Editors

SOC 27-4032 · 2024-2034

Edit moving images on film, video, or other media. May work with a producer or director to organize images for final production. May edit or synchronize soundtracks with images.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$90,967per year
Projected openings
10,010
Projected change
+7.9%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Active Listening
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Reading Comprehension
  4. Complex Problem Solving
  5. Speaking
  6. Active Learning

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$103,8781,170
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$98,229480
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$96,515240
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$85,4619,080
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$82,99650
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$82,071260
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$76,452330
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$66,715150
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)$64,42530
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$64,312110
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$52,25370
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$51,616210
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$35,41730
San Rafael MD (Marin County)Not reported30

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$43,196
A quarter earn under
$62,512
Half earn under
$90,967
Three quarters earn under
$132,231
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$174,563

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Editors$100,77415,620+2.8%
Producers and Directors$133,42331,850+12.2%
Special Effects Artists and Animators$134,19417,760+7%
Audio and Video Technicians$66,4299,360+6.3%
Sound Engineering Technicians$80,3383,530+2.2%
Graphic Designers$77,23324,970+1.2%

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