What is the average Video editing salary?

$149K a year on average and $135K at the median, across 124 open Video editing postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.

What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $105K to $188K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Video editing pay?

Runway Ml ($250K), OpenAI ($248K), Anduril Industries ($202K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a video editing a high-paying job?

The median Video editing posting advertises $135K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 22% below the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a video editing?

A tenth of the postings offer $242K a year or more; the highest open Video editing role advertises up to $370K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Video editing salary per hour and per month?

The median of $135K a year is about $65 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $11,250 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $50 to $90 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Video editing roles?

Postings that ask for Content marketing (+$48K, 13 postings), Project management (+$10K, 16 postings) advertise more than the $135K median of all Video editing postings with pay.

What does an entry-level video editing make?

6 junior and intern Video editing postings state pay, with a median of $78K a year ($37 an hour).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

Video editing Salary: $149K Average, $135K Median (Nov 2026)

Video editing salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $191K, 41% more than senior roles ($136K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$136K	$112K–$153K	29
Lead and above	$191K	$150K–$252K	32
No level in the title	$120K	$100K–$156K	57

Video editing salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$176K	30
🇺🇸California	$165K	44
🇺🇸United States	$134K	114
🇺🇸New York, NY	$130K	35

Skills that pay more for Video editing roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Content marketing	$182K	+$48K	13
Project management	$145K	+$10K	16

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Runway Ml	$250K	3
OpenAI	$248K	4
Anduril Industries	$202K	6
Figma	$198K	3
iCapital	$158K	3
Advanced Systems Group	$141K	4
Flexport	$112K	3
Vox Media Group	$90K	5
Qualtrics	$75K	3

Highest-paying open Video editing roles

All Video editing jobs

Education Content Marketing LeadOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$333K - $370KHybridLead and aboveVideo editingContent marketingInstructional design5w
Pricing LeadRunway Ml · Remote$290K - $360KRemoteLead and aboveSQLHTMLVideo editing4w
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Creative EffectivenessReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$230K - $322KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMAI6w
Senior / Staff Software Engineer — Product (Backend-Focused)Snorkel AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$208K - $315KHybridLead and aboveRustGoPython2w
Principal Brand Content & AI Search VisibilityDatabricks · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$223K - $307KLead and aboveLLMSEOAI5w
Principal, Customer Narrative & RelationsCloudflare · Hybrid$221K - $304KHybridLead and aboveDNSZero trustVideo editing9d
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Financial Services- NYCOpenAI · 🇺🇸New York City$185K - $300KHybridPythonJavaScriptLLM10d
Head of Maintenance Repair & OverhaulAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$253K - $300KLead and aboveComputer VisionSecurity clearanceVideo editing5mo
Member of Product Staff, AgentsRunway Ml · Remote$220K - $280KRemoteLead and aboveLLMHTMLPrompt engineering5w
Director of MRO TransformationAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$209K - $278KLead and aboveRailsComputer VisionSecurity clearance12d
Staff Business Systems Engineer – Tax TechnologyCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / San Franc…$188K - $275KRemoteLead and aboveSAPNetSuiteWorkday5mo
Director Post-Si Electrical Validation EngineeringAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$210K - $275KLead and abovePythonGitVideo editing8d
Creative DirectorConfido · 🇺🇸NYC Office$230K - $270KLead and aboveFigmaBrand designVideo editing6w
Customer Success Manager - Figma Weave (New York, United States)Figma · 🇺🇸New York, NY • United States$127K - $269KVideo editing2w
Manager, Customer Enablement - Figma Weave (New York, United States)Figma · 🇺🇸New York, NY$153K - $269KVideo editing2w
Hardware Board Validation Engineering, DirectorAstera Labs · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$238K - $265KLead and aboveVideo editingTechnical writingFirmware6w
Senior Manager, Social MediaLucid Motors · 🇺🇸Newark, CA$172K - $252KSeniorVideo editingContent marketingSocial media marketing12d
Sr Video ProducerDatabricks · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$178K - $244KSeniorAdobe Creative CloudVideo editingPhotoshop7w
Senior Developer Advocate, AI Content & CommunitySambaNova · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$196K - $240KSeniorPythonLLMAI7w
Director of MarketingEver · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$180K - $240KLead and aboveLLMVideo editingPhotography2d

Questions about Video editing pay

What is the average Video editing salary?: $149K a year on average and $135K at the median, across 124 open Video editing postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?: The middle half of the postings offer $105K to $188K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Video editing pay?: Runway Ml ($250K), OpenAI ($248K), Anduril Industries ($202K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a video editing a high-paying job?: The median Video editing posting advertises $135K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 22% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a video editing?: A tenth of the postings offer $242K a year or more; the highest open Video editing role advertises up to $370K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Video editing salary per hour and per month?: The median of $135K a year is about $65 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $11,250 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $50 to $90 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Video editing roles?: Postings that ask for Content marketing (+$48K, 13 postings), Project management (+$10K, 16 postings) advertise more than the $135K median of all Video editing postings with pay.
What does an entry-level video editing make?: 6 junior and intern Video editing postings state pay, with a median of $78K a year ($37 an hour).
Where do these figures come from?: From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

Video editing salary: $135K median