The editor/executive editor title this year is thrown off a bit by a curious spike in the consumer category, with respondents reporting a mean salary 38 percent higher than last year’s $75,600. In 2012, consumer editors reported a mean salary of $77,300.

B-to-b editors this year reported a slightly lower mean total salary of $72,600, a drop of 5 percent from 2013. But association editors jumped between 2013 and 2014, reporting a 14 percent higher salary at $83,400.

Interestingly, the number of publications worked on has a counter-intuitive impact on salary level. While this year’s numbers are thrown off for this category, the pattern holds true. Editor/executive editors who work on one publication make higher salaries than their counterparts who work on multiple titles. In 2013, respondents who worked on one magazine reported a 6 percent higher salary. This year, the difference is (an exaggerated) 36 percent. Even so, editors who worked on two or more magazines in 2013 reported a salary of $74,300. This year, that salary is $74,700—basically the same.

Education for this category, unlike the top editor position, matters. In 2013, a graduate degree resulted in higher salaries, which has held steady again this year.