Fashion Writers and Editors
Overview
Introduction
Fashion writers express, promote, and interpret fashion ideas and facts in written form. Fashion editors perform a wide range of functions, but their primary responsibility is to ensure that text provided by fashion writers is suitable in content, format, and style for the intended audiences. There are approximately 150,700 writers and 114,200 editors employed in the United States; fashion writers and editors make up a very small percentage of this group.
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Earnings
Fashionista.com reports the following average earnings for fashion editorial and writing professionals in 2022:
- director-level editor $118,670
- writer $91,900
- senior editor: $78,000
- fashion editor: $74,090
The median annual salary for writers in all fields was $73,690 in May 2023, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The lowest pa...
Work Environment
The environments in which fashion writers and editors work can vary widely. Most writers and editors work in offices or cubicles. But they may not spend all of their time there, as their jobs may require them to attend fashion shows in other cities, visit fashion houses or department stores, attend social functions, or make less glamorous visits to the library for research. Many of these events...
Outlook
Employment for writers is expected to grow by 5 percent (about as fast as the average for all careers) from 2023 to 2033, according to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL).
Job opportunities for editors are expected to decline 2 percent through 2033, according to the DOL. The outlook for editors at newspaper publishers is especially negative; an employment decline of 19.4 percent is expect...
