Managing/senior editor salaries were mixed this year when compared to last year. B-to-b editor salary is flat compared to 2013, but that year revealed a big jump for this position—an average of $11,550—over 2012. Managing and senior editors at associations also did well compared to 2013, reporting an 8 percent jump in mean salary for 2014. There were not enough responses at the consumer managing/senior editor level to make an accurate calculation this year.

As with the other job titles in this survey, publication revenue has a significant impact on salary level. Managing/senior editors working at a publication that makes $3 million or more earn mean salary that’s 25 percent higher than their counterparts who work at a publication with less than $3 million in revenue.

And if a managing/senior editor manages a team of 5 employees or more, their salaries are up to $13,000 higher than the mean.

Another factor impacting salary levels at this position is the number of years worked at a company. Managing/senior editors who’ve worked 10 years or more at a company make 24 percent more than those who’ve worked between 5 and 9 years.

The gender gap is especially pronounced at this level. Male managing/senior editors make almost 29 percent more than their female counterparts. The difference widened by 11 percent between 2013 and 2014.