The annual salary statistics of camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown 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 | $36,440 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $55,880 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $79,400 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $97,370 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $97,370. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $55,880. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,440.
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 | $55,880 | 2.61% | 64.07% |
| 2021 | $54,420 | 12.29% | - |
| 2020 | $47,730 | -3.25% | - |
| 2019 | $49,280 | -9.50% | - |
| 2018 | $53,960 | 3.22% | - |
| 2017 | $52,220 | 2.62% | - |
| 2016 | $50,850 | 14.93% | - |
| 2015 | $43,260 | -7.28% | - |
| 2014 | $46,410 | 19.18% | - |
| 2013 | $37,510 | 46.47% | - |
| 2012 | $20,080 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $55,880, Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is the second highest paying city for camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in state of Texas, following the highest paying city El Paso (median annual salary of $60,980). Compared with El Paso, the median annual salary of camera operators, television, video, and motion picture in Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown is 8.4 percent (8.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| El Paso | |
| Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown | |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos | |
| Dallas-Plano-Irving | |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Fort Worth-Arlington | |
| Abilene | |
| Lubbock | |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission | |
| Tyler |