Editors
Occupation · SOC 2018 27-3041 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 27-3041
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.05%
- Applications on record
- 6,189
- FY2025
- 174
- Median offered wage
- $86,289
- Certified (last three years)
- 97.5%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Editors (SOC 27-3041). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Editors
Data table
| FY2008 | 92 |
| FY2009 | 219 |
| FY2010 | 550 |
| FY2011 | 516 |
| FY2012 | 515 |
| FY2013 | 402 |
| FY2014 | 441 |
| FY2015 | 497 |
| FY2016 | 494 |
| FY2017 | 417 |
| FY2018 | 419 |
| FY2019 | 359 |
| FY2020 | 245 |
| FY2021 | 216 |
| FY2022 | 196 |
| FY2023 | 159 |
| FY2024 | 151 |
| FY2025 | 174 |
| FY2026* | 127 |
| Fiscal year | CW-1 | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 0 | 102 | 25 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 139 | 35 |
| FY2024 | 0 | 138 | 13 |
| FY2023 | 0 | 144 | 15 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 175 | 21 |
| FY2021 | 2 | 179 | 35 |
| FY2020 | 3 | 207 | 35 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 321 | 36 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 376 | 43 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 380 | 37 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 437 | 57 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 458 | 39 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 391 | 50 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 380 | 22 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 454 | 61 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 439 | 77 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 463 | 87 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 173 | 46 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 92 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Bloomberg, LP121
- American Physical Society79
- Dow Jones and Company78
- The New York Times Company51
- Aol Inc.42
- Elsevier, Inc.39
- Nature America, Inc.34
- American Chemical Society33
- Pricetrace LLC30
- Time Inc.29
- Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. Dba Condé Nast28
- The Rockefeller University27
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Editors: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| NY | 2,218 |
| CA | 1,975 |
| DC | 276 |
| MA | 219 |
| TX | 214 |
| FL | 199 |
| NJ | 164 |
| IL | 143 |
| GA | 84 |
| VA | 83 |
| WA | 78 |
| MD | 74 |
| HI | 51 |
| UT | 45 |
| PA | 38 |
| CT | 28 |
| OR | 27 |
| NC | 26 |
| MI | 23 |
| CO | 20 |
| MN | 19 |
| IA | 19 |
| TN | 18 |
| MP | 14 |
| IN | 13 |
| OH | 12 |
| WI | 12 |
| OK | 11 |
| PR | 10 |
| AZ | 8 |
| LA | 8 |
| NV | 8 |
| NE | 6 |
| NM | 5 |
| VT | 5 |
| DE | 5 |
| KY | 4 |
| MO | 3 |
| KS | 3 |
| GU | 3 |
| ND | 3 |
| RI | 2 |
| AL | 2 |
| VI | 2 |
| ID | 1 |
| AK | 1 |
| AR | 1 |
| SC | 1 |
| ME | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ2,337
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA1,398
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV403
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA348
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH202
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL171
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA143
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN132
- Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX86
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX85
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $86,289; middle half $65,780 to $118,026 · median prevailing wage $83,387 (marker) · 360 applications.
- Level I96
- Level II120
- Level III62
- Level IV80
- Editor1,060
- Senior Editor146
- Assistant Editor129
- Associate Editor128
- Managing Editor124
- Film Project Analyst70
- News Editor56
- Copy Editor52
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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