City editor vs senior editor

The differences between city editors and senior editors 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 a senior editor. Additionally, a senior editor has an average salary of $90,094, 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 a senior editor are edit content, video content, and SEO.

City editor vs senior editor overview

	City Editor	Senior Editor
Yearly salary	$48,698	$90,094
Hourly rate	$23.41	$43.31
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	9,569	12,150
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 86%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

City editor vs senior editor salary

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

	City Editor	Senior Editor
Average salary	$48,698	$90,094
Salary range	Between $29,000 And $81,000	Between $66,000 And $121,000
Highest paying City	-	San Francisco, CA
Highest paying state	-	Connecticut
Best paying company	-	Apple
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between city editor and senior editor education

There are a few differences between a city editor and a senior editor in terms of educational background:

	City Editor	Senior Editor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 86%	Bachelor's Degree, 79%
Most common major	Journalism	English
Most common college	Northwestern University	Northwestern University

City editor vs senior editor demographics

Here are the differences between city editors' and senior editors' demographics:

	City Editor	Senior Editor
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 58.3% Female, 41.7%	Male, 51.7% Female, 48.3%
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, 3.6% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% Asian, 7.2% White, 76.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between city editor and senior editor 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.

Senior editor example responsibilities.

Contract and manage editorial freelancers and full-service vendors for successful high school Spanish and Latin textbook and ancillary programs.
Post video to the Fox17 website and youtube.
Complete several robust DVD authoring projects for clients.
Redesign the look and the style of lifestyle magazine.
Double traffic on the Instagram page with newly implement marketing plan.
Content editing for automobile DVD user manuals (English, French and Spanish).

City editor vs senior editor skills

Common city editor skills

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

Common senior editor skills

Edit Content, 11%
Video Content, 7%
SEO, 7%
Digital Content, 6%
Project Management, 4%
Facebook, 3%

City Editor vs. similar jobs

City Editor related careers

City Editor related jobs

What similar roles do

Zippia Careers
Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Industry
City Editor
City Editor vs Senior Editor

Updated January 8, 2025

Browse arts, entertainment, sports, and media jobs