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Video Editor Career Market Report 2026

566 active jobs. 242 companies. Median salary $88K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

566
Active Job Openings
242
Companies Hiring
$88K
Median Salary (US)
59%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Video 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: 59% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $88K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $60K to $229K.

Remote roles pay 11% below the US national median

Remote positions in this field tend to be at companies with lower average pay scales, or reflect geographic salary adjustments.

Editing is the most-demanded skill at 95%

Adobe Creative Suite demand rose +49.1pp — fastest-growing skill

Everai leads hiring with 34 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Junior → Mid-Level (+$114K, +183%)

Salary increase: +$114K · Sample: Junior → Mid-Level

AI automation risk: medium (score 55/100)

Score: 55/100 · AI/LLM demand: 46% 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
Mid-Level8$76K$177K$229K
Senior8$90K$110K$187K
Junior3$50K$62K$70K

What jumps out

Junior → Mid-Level: +$114K (183%) — 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 States20$90KUSD
Remote8$80KUSD
Philippines4$17KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site4.4%
Remote48.6%
Hybrid1.4%

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

Top Skills in Demand

Editing
95%
Adobe Creative Suite
49%
Adobe Premiere
49%
AI/LLM
46%
Videography
33%
Film Production
13%
Final Cut Pro
12%
HuggingFace
11%
Animation
10%
DaVinci Resolve
10%
Project Management
9%
HTML/CSS
8%

Skills on the Rise

Adobe Creative Suite ↑+49.1ppAdobe Premiere ↑+28.0ppAI/LLM ↑+23.2ppVideography ↑+19.6ppHuggingFace ↑+10.8pp

Declining in Demand

Attention to Detail ↓-9.3ppJournalism ↓-4.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Everai346.0%
Jobgether325.7%
Careersactivatetalent284.9%
rosabella264.6%
Launch223.9%
Pairedrecruiting142.5%
Airapps111.9%
Shadow Light Studios91.6%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States88
Philippines68
Remote60
India28
United Kingdom16
Mexico13
Colombia11
Spain7

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree53.3%178
Master's Degree20.4%68
Bachelor's Degree8.7%29

Certifications

CPA (8%)

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