How much do Film and Video Editors make in Waterbury-Shelton, CT?

Percentile spread

For Film and Video Editors, the published 10th percentile is $54,980 and the 90th percentile is $132,760. The difference is $77,780, which is 93.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $60,730 to the 75th at $109,830, covers $49,100.

The mean annual wage is $88,620, which sits above the median of $83,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Waterbury-Shelton, CT median is 10.8% higher than the national median of $75,420 for Film and Video Editors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $83,736, which is 11% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Connecticut median of $83,550.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Waterbury-Shelton, CT is 99.778, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $83,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Film and Video Editors at $83,736 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

9 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Film and Video Editors. Waterbury-Shelton, CT ranks 3rd of 10 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• New Haven, CT is 20 miles away, with a median of $60,130 and employment of 30. That median is 28% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,508, against $83,736 here.
• Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 24 miles away, with a median of $83,230 and employment of 180. That median is 0.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $77,884, against $83,736 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 30 miles away, with a median of $62,320 and employment of 70. That median is 25.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,654, against $83,736 here.

Employment share

Film and Video Editors accounts for 0.14% of wage-and-salary employment in Waterbury-Shelton, CT (220 of 160,710). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (25,610 of 155,495,730). The local share is 8.31 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.