Research

I was doing some research on editing and this is what I saw on answer.com post,

High end television commercial editor: $7500.00 - $10000.00 per week.

Low end television commercial editor: $4000.00 - $6000.00 per week

High end Oscar award winning Hollywood movie editor: $15000.00 per week

Average Hollywood movie editor: $3500.00 per week.

Low end Hollywood movie editor: $2700.00 per week.

Arthouse ( Sundance-ish ) movie editor: $0.00-$1200.00 per week ( $500.00 average ).

Artful theatrical documentary editor: $500.00-$1200.00 per week.

Artful television documentary editor ( PBS ): $2000.00-$3500.00 per week.

Cable documentary editor ( History/NatGeo/Discovery etc ) $1800-$3000.00 per week.

Verite based reality television editor: $2500.00-$3500.00 per week.

So there is some money to be made as an editor. Also was looking at another blog that the editor mention a book Nonlinear 4 by Ron Diamond that I will be checking out as well.

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