Film and Video Editor salary in Los Angeles, CA

Based on 37 certified H-1B filings in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Glendale, Culver City, City Of Industry, Irvine, Inglewood.

Also listed as: Video Editor

Median salary$70,720
Middle 50%$55.1k–$78.2k
vs. national median+18%comparison median $60,000
Filings37FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $55,120 and $129,367.
PercentileSalary
10th$55,120
25th$55,120
50th (median)$70,720
75th$78,208
90th$97,203

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $65k $90k FY2020: median $49,000 (18 filings) FY2021: median $58,240 (11 filings) FY2022: median $54,080 (16 filings) FY2023: median $58,040 (18 filings) FY2024: median $66,600 (21 filings) FY2025: median $60,603 (24 filings) FY2026: median $77,438 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 18 filings FY20 FY2021: 11 filings FY21 FY2022: 16 filings FY22 FY2023: 18 filings FY23 FY2024: 21 filings FY24 FY2025: 24 filings FY25 FY2026: 13 filings FY26 24
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$49,000$44,533$80,02318
FY2021$58,240$50,083$70,99411
FY2022$54,080$53,726$65,50016
FY2023$58,040$47,500$64,37518
FY2024$66,600$52,000$70,72021
FY2025$60,603$55,120$78,12724
FY2026$77,438$60,000$83,20013

Cost of living

Los Angeles's median Film and Video Editor salary of $70,720 is worth about $62,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Los Angeles = 113.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Film and Video Editors in the Los Angeles, CA area earned a median of $83,210 in May 2025 (6,010 employed). The H-1B median here is $70,720, 15% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
MiniDramaStreamtoo few3
New Beginnings Creator Networktoo few3
COL Mediatoo few2
Lemonlight Mediatoo few2
ReelShorttoo few2
SpaceTime Picturestoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $55,505 20
Mid-level · Level II $78,100 13
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$55,120$55,50520
Mid-level · Level II$77,438$78,10013

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.