DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

Plan, coordinate, revise, or edit written material. May review proposals and drafts for possible publication.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020

					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 1 - Northwest	N/A	3	N/A	$3.57/hr	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	1,600	690	$28.44/hr	$0.68/hr	$14.19/hr	$20.48/hr	$26.51/hr	$34.79/hr	$44.65/hr
U S	95,970	1,631	$34.93/hr	$0.35/hr	$15.84/hr	$21.47/hr	$29.81/hr	$41.65/hr	$59.40/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Editors Geography (click title for details) OES Projections Employment Median Wage % Change  -  EDR 3 - Arrowhead 80 $18.90/hr N/A EDR 9 - South Central 70 $24.32/hr N/A EDR 10 - Southeast 60 $22.18/hr N/A EDR 7W- Central 40 $22.78/hr N/A EDR 8 - Southwest 30 $19.76/hr N/A EDR 4 - West Central 20 $18.67/hr N/A EDR 5 - North Central 20 $25.34/hr N/A EDR 7E- East Central 20 $16.28/hr N/A EDR 2 - Headwaters 10 $27.11/hr N/A EDR 6E- Southwest Central N/A N/A N/A EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities N/A $28.34/hr N/A EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A

Related Occupations

Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
	Employment	Median Wage	% Change  -
Technical Writers	10	$23.34/hr	N/A
Writers and Authors	N/A	N/A	N/A

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• 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.