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What editors make
Median
$77,920
Bottom tenth
$41,250
Top tenth
$153,700
The national median is $77,920 a year, the bottom tenth earn $41,250 or less and the top tenth $153,700 or more, in the 2025 federal wage survey. That single occupation covers a book publisher's assistant in New York and a technical editor at a software company, so the spread is enormous.