Editorial Assistant Salary

Updated: 1 Jun 2012
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Salary$24,739 - $40,473  
   
Bonus$0.00 - $1,850  
Profit Sharing$968 - $1,424  
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$23,560 - $41,375  
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John Wiley and Sons, Inc.$27,554 - $34,817
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Popular Industries

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Publishing$24,341 - $37,030
Magazine$23,002 - $35,382
Textbook Publishing$25,090 - $37,323
Retail, Books$23,391 - $35,927
Printing & Publishing$25,059 - $38,361

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Key Statistics for Editorial Assistant Salaries and Jobs

Gender
Female
84%
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Male
16%
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Salary:$28,238 - $35,605 $25,607 - $36,375
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
17%
1-4 years
73%
5-9 years
7%
10-19 years
3%
20 years or more
1%
Top Degrees

Salary Range

Bachelor's Degree$24,715 - $40,121
Bachelor of Arts (BA), English$24,875 - $42,085
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Journalism$25,532 - $40,134
Bachelor of Arts (BA), History$25,014 - $33,002
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Journalism$24,242 - $30,781
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 79% dental benefits Dental: 59%
vision benefits Vision: 40% employee benefits None: 20%

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Career Path for Editorial Assistant Jobs

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Editorial Assistant

Salary Range

$23,560 - $41,375
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Administrative Assistant
$21,252 - $43,247
Waiter/Waitress
$7,435 - $34,074
Sales Associate
$15,550 - $56,286
 
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Editorial Assistant

Salary Range

$23,560 - $41,375
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Editor
$28,502 - $72,436
Associate Editor, Print
$27,851 - $54,687
Managing Editor
$30,678 - $87,596
 

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Editorial Assistant Job Description

People with the job title Editorial Assistant typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Perform variety of editorial duties, such as laying out, indexing, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for final publication.
Read transcript or proof type setup to detect and mark for correction any grammatical, typographical, or compositional errors.

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