Food editor vs editor

The differences between food editors and 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 food editor and an editor. Additionally, a food editor has an average salary of $73,042, which is higher than the $52,107 average annual salary of an editor.

The top three skills for a food editor include culinary, photo shoots and wine. The most important skills for an editor are web content, video content, and SEO.

Food editor vs editor overview

	Food Editor	Editor
Yearly salary	$73,042	$52,107
Hourly rate	$35.12	$25.05
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	52,714	15,115
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Average age	44	44
Years of experience	4	4

Food editor vs editor salary

Food editors and editors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Food Editor	Editor
Average salary	$73,042	$52,107
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $193,000	Between $34,000 And $78,000
Highest paying City	-	Washington, DC
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Microsoft
Best paying industry	-	Technology

Differences between food editor and editor education

There are a few differences between a food editor and an editor in terms of educational background:

	Food Editor	Editor
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 78%	Bachelor's Degree, 77%
Most common major	Journalism	English
Most common college	University of Texas at Austin	Northwestern University

Food editor vs editor demographics

Here are the differences between food editors' and editors' demographics:

	Food Editor	Editor
Average age	44	44
Gender ratio	Male, 19.4% Female, 80.6%	Male, 46.4% Female, 53.6%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 3.6% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.1% Asian, 7.3% White, 76.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 3.6% Unknown, 4.6% Hispanic or Latino, 8.2% Asian, 7.3% White, 76.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	12%	12%

Differences between food editor and editor duties and responsibilities

Food editor example responsibilities.

Manage editorial process: assigning stories to line-editing to HTML publishing/page placement.
Promote targeted content through various social networking sites such as Facebook and maintain updates driving audience engagement on company website.
Analyze FrameMaker source document and provide feedback to XML architects to improve accuracy of conversion.

Editor example responsibilities.

Manage content QC and Disney client QC of create content.
Manage campaign performance through data analysis and reporting, with actionable takeaways per designate KPI.
Manage and create newsletter archives for NASA: http: //www.nasa.gov/centers/langley/home/index.html
Manage business documentation for the department's strategic alignment SharePoint database.
Develop SEO strategies to increase profitability and manage social media to spread brand awareness and bolster readership.
Manage international man-made fiber market research/publishing company and supervise editorial content and sales of industry statistical journal.

Food editor vs editor skills

Common food editor skills

Culinary, 23%
Photo Shoots, 19%
Wine, 14%
Food Content, 10%
Editorial Content, 10%
Recipe Development, 5%

Common editor skills

Web Content, 13%
Video Content, 9%
SEO, 6%
Facebook, 4%
Editor-In-Chief, 4%
Twitter, 3%

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