The annual salary statistics of camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $37,870 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,240 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,930 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,630 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,620 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $128,620. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,930. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,870.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of camera operators, television, video, and motion picture from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $76,930 | 35.58% | 15.10% |
| 2021 | $49,560 | -36.72% | - |
| 2020 | $67,760 | 0.84% | - |
| 2019 | $67,190 | -2.95% | - |
| 2018 | $69,170 | 3.27% | - |
| 2017 | $66,910 | 2.39% | - |
| 2016 | $65,310 | 8.27% | - |
| 2015 | $59,910 | -9.01% | - |
| 2012 | $65,310 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $76,930, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is the highest paying city for camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in state of California, followed by Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura (median annual salary $71,230). In comparison, the median annual salary of camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 7.4 percent (7.4%) higher than that in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura.