City editor vs editor, freelance

The differences between city editors and editors, freelance can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both a city editor and an editor, freelance. Additionally, an editor, freelance has an average salary of $67,947, which is higher than the $48,698 average annual salary of a city editor.

The top three skills for a city editor include editorial board, staff reporters and news stories. The most important skills for an editor, freelance are music videos, web content, and fiction.

City editor vs editor, freelance overview

	City Editor	Editor, Freelance
Yearly salary	$48,698	$67,947
Hourly rate	$23.41	$32.67
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	9,569	8,608
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 86%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

City editor vs editor, freelance salary

City editors and editors, freelance have different pay scales, as shown below.

	City Editor	Editor, Freelance
Average salary	$48,698	$67,947
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $81,000	Between $45,000 And $102,000
Highest paying City	-	-
Highest paying state	-	-
Best paying company	-	-
Best paying industry	-	-

Differences between city editor and editor, freelance education

There are a few differences between a city editor and an editor, freelance in terms of educational background:

	City Editor	Editor, Freelance
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 86%	Bachelor's Degree, 76%
Most common major	Journalism	English
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

City editor vs editor, freelance demographics

Here are the differences between city editors' and editors, freelance' demographics:

	City Editor	Editor, Freelance
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 58.3% Female, 41.7%	Male, 41.3% Female, 58.7%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 7.8% Asian, 7.0% White, 77.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.5% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 7.9% Asian, 7.1% White, 76.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between city editor and editor, freelance duties and responsibilities

City editor example responsibilities.

Share editorial writing with the managing editor and fill in for her as needed at internal and outside meetings.
Manage copy editing and proofreading responsibilities of weekly business newspaper and special supplements.
Enter news and photographs into a content management system, the newspaper web site and Facebook page.
Collaborate with copyrights team base in the UK to ensure publishing integrity standards weremaintain.
Coordinate editorial operations with the photo department.
Design and produce interactive DVD motion menus and authoring for various promotional marketing campaigns.

Editor, freelance example responsibilities.

Manage social media pages such as Facebook and Pinterest to promote.
Communicate with transportation managers, administrators, equipment operators and others for fulfillment of copy to achieve editorial goals.
Review promotional materials to ensure that legal and FDA requirements are meet.
Perform editing services for manuscripts submit for publication; editing fiction and non-fiction submissions.
Create video compression settings for YouTube upload.
Proofread PDF shoe catalog and compare against source spreadsheet.

City editor vs editor, freelance skills

Common city editor skills

Editorial Board, 15%
Staff Reporters, 12%
News Stories, 9%
Web Content, 8%
Editorials, 6%
Feature Stories, 6%

Common editor, freelance skills

Music Videos, 14%
Web Content, 9%
Fiction, 6%
Track Changes, 5%
Promotional Videos, 4%
Adobe Photoshop, 4%

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