I got taken to task today for suggesting copy editors make an average $40,000 a year at The Ithaca Journal, where copy editing and design moves to one of the new regional production hubs this weekend.Anonymous@3:52 p.m. says: "$28,000 is a better guess."
Now, it's your turn, copy editors; please provide your annual pay, plus your circulation size from one of these four ranges.
- Under 25,000 copies
- 25,000 to 50,000
- 50,001 to 75,000
- More than 75,000
Reprising the instructions:
ReplyDeleteCopy editors, please provide your annual pay, plus your paper's circulation size:
* Under 25,000 copies
* 25,000 to 50,000
* 50,001 to 75,000
* More than 75,000
I make about $28,500.
ReplyDeleteDepending on who is telling you (lying about) our circulation, we are slightly over or under 25,000 circulation.
Former copy editor, I made $30K, circulation between 50,000 and 75,000.
ReplyDeleteNot a copy editor, but they make the same as I do- under 25k (more like 15k) circulation, $20,000/year
ReplyDeleteI was making $67k as a copy editor until Gannett laid me off in December. But Gannett didn't hire me; it inherited me from competent prior owners of an over-75k paper.
ReplyDeleteI always felt the layoff targets, what with "openings" being posted at career sites almost immediately, were an anti-labor practice just to drive down wages. Our positions certainly weren't "eliminated."
Judging by the deterioration of quality of the editorial product, Gannett is getting what it pays for. The circulation drop is a reaction to that lack of quality, IMHO.
Um ... no thanks.
ReplyDelete$48,500
ReplyDeleteover 75K circ
I am not entry level; I started my career at a similar Gannett paper at $27,300.
I was making $65K at a paper with more than 75,000 circ ... after 20 years. And I started there when it was a non-Gannett paper.
ReplyDeleteI took a pay cut to get out and save my sanity.
Under 25,000
ReplyDelete$28,000/yr
An experienced copy editor in Phoenix makes around $60K...but if they came in during the last five years as part of the $500 club they make much, much less...that is starting wages of $500 per week....a very two tiered system....but thenhow much does the average libel payout cost...it is a matter of math.
ReplyDelete"but thenhow much does the average libel payout cost...it is a matter of math."
ReplyDeleteNone of that matters. Today's copy editors can't find their ass with their hands.
Jim, are you really admitting you posted some imaginary figure with no idea as to whether it had any validity? You must have been the worst reporter in Gannett. No wonder you're grinding an axe now.
At our paper, with circulation well over 100K, most copy editors make somewhere between 50K and 65K, depending on years of service, duties, merit raises, etc.
ReplyDeleteJim,
ReplyDeleteHow about a question what do ad reps make starting base salary??
Elmira- 23000-28500
Ithaca- 37400
Binghamton-??
Come on everyone lets furhter uncover the inaccuracies in this company.
I made $38,500 as a copy editor in the South. Circulation at the time: around 50,000.
ReplyDeletelike 7:05, i was inherited when gannett bought our state's biggest paper. i made $65k.
ReplyDeletehey, 7:51: why not share the info?
45k at usa today.
ReplyDeleteMany of the people here now make $0 because they were too stupid to keep their jobs.
ReplyDeleteThey did nothing for far too long, and their employer finally got rid of them. Good riddance.
$41,000 after 10+ years with a paper with around 25,000 circulation.
ReplyDeleteAnd 12:42: Don't say copy editors don't do anything. I don't even want to reveal the times I have saved the reporters' reputations by the mistakes I have caught over my years with Gannett. Don't say copy editors don't do anything.. look at the reporters more than them.
10:29, now ur talking. Copy Editors: who brings $$'s to the paper???? Not copy editors. Sales reps. your numbers are right in line. base pay in down ecomony is right on line.
ReplyDelete$42,000 at an over-75K paper as a copy editor/designer/Web updater. Joined Gannett about 4 years ago after a couple years at smaller papers.
ReplyDelete$42,000 at a 50-75K paper as a copy editor, no-frills layer-outer, paginator, Web updater. Other specialties that might give away anonymity. 18 years desk experience. 30-year resident of circulation area.
ReplyDeleteAbout $25,000 at a 30k circ paper.
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