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Is Mississippi a good place for you to work as an Editor?

$48,320 Median Salary
50 Job Openings
  • Editors in Mississippi earn lower salaries than the typical U.S. wage earner.

How Many Editors Work in Mississippi?

280 people worked as Editors in 2018 in this state.

There were 370 Editors employed in this state in 2017.

That’s a decline of 90 jobs between 2017 and 2018.

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The typical state has 950 Editors working in it, which means Mississippi has fewer Editors than average.

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Job Projections for Mississippi

Jobs for Editors in this state are not projected to grow or decrease, which is better than what is projected nationwide which is a decrease of 1.4%.

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Mississippi Annual Job Openings

The BLS estimates 50 annual job openings, and a total of 520 jobs for Mississippi Editors in 2026.

Nationwide, the prediction is 12,000 annual jobs and 125,600 total jobs in 2026.

What do Editors Make in Mississippi?

In 2018 wages for Editors ranged from $22,640 to $63,440 with $48,320 being the median annual salary.

Broken down to an hourly rate, workers in this field made anywhere from $10.89 to $30.5. The median hourly rate was $23.23.

Workers in this field were paid a median of $21.56 an hour in 2017.

The hourly rate grew by $1.67.

The median salary in Mississippi is higher than the nationwide median salary.

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Top Mississippi Metros for Editors

The table below shows some of the metros in this state with the most Editors.

Metro Number Employed Annual Median Salary
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 230 $47,870
Jackson, MS 100 $49,310

Top States for Editors Employment

View the list below to see where most Editors work.

State Number Employed Annual Median Salary
New York 19,140 $70,200
California 11,060 $68,530
Texas 5,490 $53,450
Florida 4,190 $53,150
Illinois 3,830 $58,540
Virginia 3,450 $65,050
District of Columbia 3,330 $80,210
Massachusetts 3,160 $71,730
New Jersey 3,130 $69,550
Pennsylvania 3,020 $55,750
Minnesota 2,700 $54,160
Maryland 2,280 $56,040
Georgia 2,190 $55,830
Ohio 2,090 $52,450
North Carolina 2,090 $52,080
Colorado 2,010 $57,350
Washington 1,830 $63,540
Tennessee 1,690 $45,100
Michigan 1,670 $52,740
Wisconsin 1,580 $46,350

Below are the states where Editors get paid the most:

State Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia $80,210
Massachusetts $71,730
New York $70,200
New Jersey $69,550
California $68,530
Rhode Island $67,660
Virginia $65,050
Connecticut $64,860
Hawaii $64,090
Washington $63,540

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