a job as editor

[Sherri Hall <shall -at- HILCO -dot- COM>]

Hello.  In several recent salary surveys and other threads (from this
list and others), I've picked up that some "writing/editing" jobs are
treated as two distinct positions where the former is a lower level,
lower paying job.
I've been a technical communicator for 10 years (minus a few months) where
I've worked for both a HUGE corp. and a tiny engineering house.
I, along with my peers, have always done it ALL--no distinctions.
Pay increases are tied to tenure since there's no distinction in
levels.  And special work gets compensated with bonuses.

All of this leads me to a few questions:
(1) What kinds of situations (or companies)
hire/promote editors to edit writers? Does it differ by region?
size of company? industry/business?

(2) Are there any jobs an editor handles that someone like myself
who does it all (research, write, edit, product management, production, etc.)
doesn't handle?

Someday I'd like to advance to an editor position (if that's really the
way to get more prestige (read $$)
if there are companies really hiring such a person.  (NOTE:  I'm NOT
talking about being promoted to a person that manages other writers.
I AM talking about someone being promoted to edit as a specialty.)

Thanks, in advance, for replies.
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Sherri Hall, Product Manager-Documentation      Email:  shall -at- hilco -dot- com
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