Editors Salary in Asheville, NC

Editors pay range in Asheville

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $43,100 a year or less, while the top 10% make $101,200 or more. The middle half of editors in Asheville earn between $57,220 and $81,260.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Editors salary after taxes in Asheville

On the average salary of $82,810, a single filer in Asheville takes home about $64,291 a year, or $5,358 a month and $2,473 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

Is Asheville a good place for editors? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Asheville area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.5), so the average $82,810 buys what about $85,808 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.4 times the median wage of all jobs in Asheville ($46,870). A typical home costs $428,742, or 5.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Editors salary in other North Carolina cities

Asheville ranks 1st of 6 North Carolina metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Editors salaries in North Carolina

Highest-paying cities for editors

San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($120,530).

Editors salary by city

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• Producers and Directors$71,200 a year
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