Creative & Media
Video Editor
Video editors shape raw footage into compelling stories for film, TV, and online content. Booming with the creator economy, though increasingly AI-assisted.
Median salary (BLS)
$66,000
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$40k – $120k
Job outlook
+7% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $91,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Video Editor
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Portfolio and software skill often outweigh formal degrees.
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Video Editor
Entry / Junior
$40,000
~2 yrs to advance
Video Editor
Established
$66,000
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Video Editor
Senior
$93,000
Key skills
A typical day
- •Cut and assemble footage
- •Add effects and sound
- •Revise to feedback
Fields of study
Film · Media Production · Communications
Top colleges for Creative & Media
Explore all- University of Southern California12% admit · $86,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
- Northwestern University7% admit · $95,000 grad pay
- University of Chicago5% admit · $91,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.
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Mapped by field-of-study code (Film, Media Production, Communications), not by job-title guessing.