Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film Salary in the US
A camera operators, television, video, and film earns a national median of $74,990 a year (mean $83,210) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #279 of 825.
How much does a camera operators, television, video, and film earn in the US?
A camera operators, television, video, and film in the United States earns a median of $74,990 a year (mean $83,210), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 47% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 21,550 people work in this occupation (SOC 27-4031), ranked #279 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$74,990
per year
Mean
$83,210
per year
Employment
21,550
US workers
National rank
#279
of 825 by median
What a camera operators, television, video, and film earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a camera operators, television, video, and film (SOC 27-4031) earns a median annual wage of $74,990 and a mean (average) of $83,210. The median is the midpoint — half of camera operators, television, video, and film earn more and half earn less — and is 47% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a camera operators, television, video, and film in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for camera operators, television, video, and film is $74,990, and the mean (average) is $83,210. The median is the midpoint — half of camera operators, television, video, and film earn more and half earn less.
- How does camera operators, television, video, and film pay compare to the US average?
- At $74,990, a camera operators, television, video, and film earns 47% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many camera operators, television, video, and film are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 21,550 camera operators, television, video, and film employed nationally (SOC 27-4031), across all industries.
- Where does this camera operators, television, video, and film salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 27-4031. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 27-4031 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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