DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Plan, coordinate, or edit content of material for publication. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication. Includes technical editors.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to Third Quarter, 2012

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Northeast Balance of State	20	5	$20.60/hr	$4.18/hr	$8.67/hr	$16.03/hr	$18.59/hr	$21.98/hr	$28.74/hr
Minnesota	3,250	185	$28.13/hr	$0.93/hr	$15.99/hr	$19.43/hr	$26.43/hr	$34.22/hr	$45.57/hr
U S	98,990	1,485	$29.71/hr	$0.27/hr	$14.45/hr	$18.98/hr	$25.73/hr	$35.53/hr	$48.35/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Leading Industries for Editors Industry OES Employment OES Median Wage Information 20 $17.64/hr

Other Regional Data For Editors Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  Minneapolis-Saint Paul MN-WI MSA 2,770 $27.86/hr N/A Duluth-Superior MN-WI MSA 100 $13.98/hr N/A Fargo-Moorhead ND-MN MSA 90 $24.80/hr N/A Northwest Balance of State 90 $21.05/hr N/A Rochester MN MSA 60 $25.17/hr N/A Southwest Balance of State 50 $19.29/hr N/A Saint Cloud MN MSA 40 $21.05/hr N/A Southeast Balance of State 30 $22.65/hr N/A Grand Forks ND-MN MSA 20 $19.78/hr N/A Northeast Balance of State 20 $18.59/hr N/A Mankato-North Mankato, MN MetroSA N/A $25.69/hr N/A

• Plans and prepares page layouts to position and space articles and photographs or illustrations.
• Reads and evaluates manuscripts or other materials submitted for publication and confers with authors regarding changes or publication.
• Writes and rewrites headlines, captions, columns, articles, and stories to conform to publication's style, editorial policy, and publishing requirements.
• Confers with management and editorial staff members regarding placement of developing news stories.
• Reviews and approves proofs submitted by composing room.
• Arranges topical or alphabetical list of index items, according to page or chapter, indicating location of item in text.
• Compiles index cross references and related items, such as glossaries, bibliographies, and footnotes.
• Selects local, state, national, and international news items received by wire from press associations.
• Verifies facts, dates, and statistics, using standard reference sources.
• Selects and crops photographs and illustrative materials to conform to space and subject matter requirements.
• Reads copy or proof to detect and correct errors in spelling, punctuation, and syntax, and indicates corrections, using standard proofreading and typesetting symbols.
• Determines placement of stories based on relative significance, available space, and knowledge of layout principles.
• Reads material to determine items to be included in index of book or other publication.