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Film and Video Editors pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Film and Video Editors is $62,320 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $109,930 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 43.3% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-4032 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 70 wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and 740 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.