75+ Media & Journalism Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

Government wage data says the broad Los Angeles media-and-communication family paid a median $81,620 in 2025, with the 25th percentile at $53,790 and the 75th at $133,150. A broader BLS metro grouping showed a mean hourly wage of $53.70, while recent posted salary ranges in the local job sample centered on about $85k to $106k and hourly roles centered on about $25 to $32 / hour. Statewide new-opening salary offers in this category averaged about $93,994 in September 2026, but that figure is a statewide posting mean rather than a metro median.

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Advertised pay

Across the 58 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $72,575 at the 25th percentile, $88,482 at the median and $101,358 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 15, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

Los Angeles remains a large but selective market for media work: the metro unemployment rate was 4.8% in August 2026, and the local job sample still showed more than 250 category postings across more than 150 companies over the last 90 days. But this is not an easy-entry market—Los Angeles information employment was down 6.0681% year over year, and California media, journalism, and entertainment employment was down 0.8% statewide. Pay can be strong when you match the right niche, with a 2025 metro median of $81,620 across the broad media-and-communication family and recent posted ranges centered on about $85k to $106k, but national employment for news analysts, reporters, and journalists is still projected to fall 6% from 2025 to 2035.

Best positioned: Your odds are best if you bring an on-site-ready reel that combines video editing, Adobe Premiere Pro or After Effects, photography, and enough project-management range to cover multiple formats.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming Los Angeles volume makes the search easy; only about 10% of sampled roles were remote, and much of the demand is concentrated in visual production rather than pure newsroom reporting.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 82 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Flight Story Group: 8 open roles
2. New York Post: 3 open roles
3. The Diary Of A CEO: 3 open roles
4. Alpinestars: 2 open roles
5. Applovin Corp.: 2 open roles
6. California Department of Industrial Relations: 2 open roles
7. Fox Corporation: 2 open roles
8. Million Dollar Baby Co.: 2 open roles
9. Northrop Grumman Corp.: 2 open roles
10. Sinclair Broadcast Group: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 48
• Santa Monica: 6
• El Segundo: 5
• Glendale: 3
• London, England, United Kingdom or Los Angeles: 2
• Santa Ana: 2
• Torrance: 2
• Burbank: 2

Work arrangement

on-site 55 (67%), hybrid 16 (20%), remote 11 (13%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than locked inside a few famous newsrooms or studios. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 250 postings across more than 150 companies, and hiring was fragmented across employers. Within that sample, the busiest pockets were retail and sports & recreation at about 20% each, then photography and entertainment at about 15% each, with media production around 10%. That mix matters because the skill signal is much more visual-production heavy than classic reporting heavy. The most requested hard skills were video editing at about 25%, Adobe Premiere Pro at about 20%, motion graphics and After Effects at about 15% each, photography at about 15%, and project management at about 10%. In plain English, Los Angeles is rewarding multi-tool producers, editors, shooters, and post staff more consistently than pure text-only newsroom candidates. The pure-journalism slice exists, but the hard numbers are thinner. BLS counted 1,690 local news analysts, reporters, and journalists in 2025, versus 183,330 workers in the much broader media-and-communication occupational family. That means job seekers should not assume reporter conditions represent the whole category—or vice versa.

• Visual production and post (high): Entertainment and media-production openings are reinforced by demand for video editing, Adobe Premiere Pro, motion graphics, and After Effects.
• Sports, retail, and live-event media (moderate): Retail and sports & recreation each made up about 20% of sampled postings, with photography also prominent, which favors field-ready candidates who can shoot, edit, and turn work fast.
• Local-news and reporting roles (limited): Newsroom roles may get a boost from California's new newsroom tax credits, but national BLS still projects news analyst, reporter, and journalist employment to decline 6% from 2025 to 2035.

Where to focus: Aim first at hybrid editorial-production roles—especially on-site video and editing jobs with Premiere, After Effects, and photo skills—then layer reporting or subject expertise on top.

Roles worth searching next

• Motion designer / video graphics designer: Local demand already rewards After Effects, motion graphics, and video editing, which makes this a natural bridge into the neighboring design category.
• Content strategist / copywriter: Story structure, editing discipline, and audience judgment transfer well into the neighboring marketing-content category.
• PR / communications specialist: Interviewing, deadline writing, and media relationships transfer cleanly into communications roles.
• Creator partnerships or social video producer: Retail and sports & recreation are active local buyers, and the same short-form video and editing skills map into creator and brand-social teams.

What postings ask for

• Video editing (table_stakes | immediate): It was the most common hard skill in the local sample at about 25%, so it is closer to a baseline expectation than a nice-to-have. Who: Entry-level applicants and career-switchers targeting producer, photo, or entertainment-adjacent roles.
• Adobe Premiere Pro (differentiator | immediate): Premiere appeared in about 20% of local skill mentions, making it one of the clearest software filters in this market. Who: Anyone applying into editing, social video, studio support, or multi-platform production.
• After Effects and motion graphics (premium | near-term): Motion graphics and After Effects each showed up in about 15% of local skill mentions, and they line up with California's new post-production incentive focus. Who: Mid-career editors, producer-editors, and entertainment candidates who want to move up the pay ladder.
• Photography and camera fundamentals (differentiator | immediate): Photography showed up as both a top skill and a major hiring pocket, with photography employers accounting for about 15% of sampled demand. Who: Entry-level candidates, freelancers, and people targeting sports, events, or retail-media work.
• Project management (differentiator | near-term): About 10% of sampled postings asked for project management, and industry reporting says shrinking staffs are pushing more responsibilities onto each hire. Who: Mid-career applicants who want to move from maker-only roles into producer, editor, or team-lead paths.
• AI-assisted reporting and production workflows (premium | immediate): 68% of journalists at top-100 U.S. newsrooms were already using AI tools in reporting workflows, and industry outlooks say AI is becoming an embedded production tool. Who: Reporters, editors, producers, and managers who need to show they can speed up work without weakening verification or editorial judgment.

Questions about this market

What do Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Government wage data says the broad Los Angeles media-and-communication family paid a median $81,620 in 2025, with the 25th percentile at $53,790 and the 75th at $133,150. A broader BLS metro grouping showed a mean hourly wage of $53.70, while recent posted salary ranges in the local job sample centered on about $85k to $106k and hourly roles centered on about $25 to $32 / hour. Statewide new-opening salary offers in this category averaged about $93,994 in September 2026, but that figure is a statewide posting mean rather than a metro median. Los Angeles can pay very well, but the spread is wide. A small set of senior entertainment, production, and hybrid roles pulls the averages up, while many working-journalist and hourly jobs land much lower.

Where is demand for Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA concentrated?

Opportunity is spread across a long tail rather than locked inside a few famous newsrooms or studios. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 250 postings across more than 150 companies, and hiring was fragmented across employers. Within that sample, the busiest pockets were retail and sports & recreation at about 20% each, then photography and entertainment at about 15% each, with media production around 10%. That mix matters because the skill signal is much more visual-production heavy than classic reporting heavy. The most requested hard skills were video editing at about 25%, Adobe Premiere Pro at about 20%, motion graphics and After Effects at about 15% each, photography at about 15%, and project management at about 10%. In plain English, Los Angeles is rewarding multi-tool producers, editors, shooters, and post staff more consistently than pure text-only newsroom candidates. The pure-journalism slice exists, but the hard numbers are thinner. BLS counted 1,690 local news analysts, reporters, and journalists in 2025, versus 183,330 workers in the much broader media-and-communication occupational family. That means job seekers should not assume reporter conditions represent the whole category—or vice versa.

Which employers are hiring the most Media, Journalism & Entertainment talent in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Lifetouch Inc. (20 postings), GLORY DAYS SERVICE INC (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Media, Journalism & Entertainment roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 75% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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