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Editor Career Market Report 2026

887 active jobs. 303 companies. Median salary $75K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

887
Active Job Openings
303
Companies Hiring
$75K
Median Salary (US)
76%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Editor market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 76% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $75K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $60K to $140K.

Remote roles pay 20% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

Editing is the most-demanded skill at 100%

Adobe Creative Suite demand rose +19.6pp — fastest-growing skill

Tegna leads hiring with 38 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Senior (+$21K, +27%)

Salary increase: +$21K · Sample: Mid-Level → Senior

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 23% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Senior40$75K$100K$160K
Junior23$50K$65K$77K
Mid-Level22$65K$79K$105K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Senior: +$21K (27%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States86$75KUSD
Remote14$90KUSD
India3$1.9MINR

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.8%
Remote15.8%
Hybrid1.9%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Editing
100%
Journalism
42%
AI/LLM
23%
Adobe Creative Suite
20%
Broadcasting
12%
Project Management
8%
HTML/CSS
8%
Spring
6%
Photography
6%
Adobe Premiere
5%
Videography
4%
Animation
4%

Skills on the Rise

Adobe Creative Suite ↑+19.6ppProject Management ↑+8.4ppAdobe Premiere ↑+4.8ppVideography ↑+4.5ppAnimation ↑+3.7pp

Declining in Demand

Attention to Detail ↓-13.3ppMental Health ↓-8.8ppAdaptability ↓-8.0ppSEO ↓-7.8ppTime Management ↓-7.6pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Tegna384.3%
Thomsonreuters323.6%
Wiley262.9%
Thenewyorktimes232.6%
Studycontractors192.1%
Prosidianconsulting182.0%
Fox171.9%
Nexstar161.8%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States333
Remote78
United Kingdom65
India27
Philippines20
China20
Germany9
Switzerland9

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree55.7%373
Bachelor's Degree13.3%89
Master's Degree12.7%85
PhD / Doctorate3.1%21

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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