Highest-paying Cities for Motion Picture Projectionists

The top 82 highest paying cities for motion picture projectionists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of motion picture projectionists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $56,690, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for motion picture projectionists. It is followed by Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois (average annual salary $43,030). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of motion picture projectionists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 82 Highest-paying cities/areas for Motion Picture Projectionists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$56,690	$36,270	60
2	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$43,030	$22,880	120
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$40,190	$35,790	40
4	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$38,660	$29,650	40
5	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$37,710	$26,540	80
6	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$36,790	$31,440	n/a
7	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$33,320	$27,620	180
8	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$32,870	$19,440	150
9	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$32,830	$23,110	40
10	Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan	$32,130	$19,520	90
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$31,380	$21,500	90
12	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$27,060	$27,040	240
13	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$26,790	$16,870	90
14	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$26,560	$25,260	80
15	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$25,950	$25,170	200
16	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$25,820	$21,010	50
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$25,560	$19,620	90
18	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$24,750	$20,620	40
19	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$24,630	$17,020	30
20	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$24,540	$18,930	50
21	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$24,350	$18,760	40
22	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$24,060	$23,080	n/a
23	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$23,420	$20,930	40
24	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$23,200	$18,720	60
25	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$23,080	$18,320	40
26	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$23,060	$20,690	n/a
27	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$22,910	$17,420	70
28	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$22,860	$18,520	50
29	Memphis, Tennessee	$22,780	$16,470	40
30	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$22,680	$18,960	40
31	Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida	$22,620	$17,680	n/a
32	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$22,540	$19,370	100
33	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$22,110	$17,900	140
34	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$22,020	$17,850	130
35	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$21,950	$17,080	450
36	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$21,930	$19,220	170
37	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$21,860	$21,840	100
38	Jacksonville, Florida	$21,830	$18,290	50
39	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$21,760	$17,020	80
40	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$21,710	$18,210	30
41	Spokane, Washington	$21,630	$19,220	n/a
42	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$21,430	$18,220	50
43	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$21,040	$16,180	30
44	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$21,020	$17,710	350
45	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$20,940	$17,860	130
46	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$20,880	$16,400	60
47	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$20,880	$16,580	30
48	Provo-Orem, Utah	$20,800	$16,920	40
49	San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, Puerto Rico	$20,690	$16,970	90
50	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania	$20,480	$16,290	30
51	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$20,270	$17,290	40
52	North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida	$20,200	$18,140	40
53	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida	$20,160	$18,280	n/a
54	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$20,000	$17,910	50
55	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$19,650	$18,340	110
56	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$19,600	$16,430	50
57	St Louis, Missouri	$19,560	$18,620	50
58	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$19,460	$17,130	40
59	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$19,430	$16,300	n/a
60	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$19,420	$16,690	30
61	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$19,370	$16,520	80
62	Columbus, Ohio	$19,340	$17,100	n/a
63	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$19,230	$17,120	430
64	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$19,190	$16,240	40
65	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$19,180	$17,100	50
66	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$19,160	$17,140	70
67	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$19,140	$16,230	30
68	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$19,080	$16,060	80
69	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$18,900	$16,800	110
70	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$18,800	$17,170	90
71	Dayton, Ohio	$18,650	$16,790	n/a
72	Kansas City, Missouri	$18,640	$16,130	50
73	Camden, New Jersey	$18,590	$16,060	30
74	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$18,560	$17,290	n/a
75	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$18,420	$16,540	80
76	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$18,340	$16,230	70
77	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$18,270	$16,010	30
78	Wichita, Kansas	$18,220	$16,110	60
79	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$18,220	$15,840	30
80	Corpus Christi, Texas	$18,190	$16,050	30
81	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$17,950	$15,860	40
82	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$17,500	$15,800	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for motion picture projectionists.