Television And Movie Camera Operators Salaries, Locations, and Schools

Employment Overview

The official count of television and movie camera operators in 2006 was 27,000. Workers have recently faced a high level of unemployment. The unemployment rate for employees? About 7% recently.

Flexibility

Television and movie camera operators working on their own make up 17% of the total. Part-time work suffices for 19% of workers.

Education

Employees normally have a postsecondary vocational award before landing a job. Degrees are held by 58% of current television and movie camera operators. Post-secondary schooling was enough for 29% of workers. Education topped out at high school for 13% of employees.

Local Outlook

You'll see a lot of television and movie camera operators in Elizabethtown (Kentucky), Los Angeles (California), and Rapid City (South Dakota), and comparatively fewer in Oakland (California), Minneapolis (Minnesota), and Santa Ana (California). Wages for Workers are highest in Oakland (California), Santa Ana (California), and Albany (New York), and lowest in Jackson (Mississippi), Peoria (Illinois), and Lafayette (Louisiana).

Detailed local employment conditions for Television And Movie Camera Operators in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.

Local Jobs Info for Television And Movie Camera Operators

Employment info for Television And Movie Camera Operators, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

State	City and Surroundings	Market Strength	Workers	Median Wage
Alabama	Birmingham	1.42	90	$30,000
Alabama	Huntsville	1.71	40	$37,000
Alabama	Montgomery	1.52	30	$23,000
Arizona	Phoenix	1.06	250	$48,000
Arkansas	Little Rock	1	40	$32,000
California	Fresno	1.26	50	$44,000
California	Los Angeles	6.33	3,270	$58,000
California	Oakland	0.47	60	$78,000
California	San Diego	1.52	250	$48,000
California	San Francisco	2.99	360	$63,000
California	San Jose	1.52	170	$43,000
California	Santa Ana	0.16	30	$73,000
California	Santa Barbara	2.04	40	$50,000
Colorado	Colorado Springs	1.64	50	$27,000
Colorado	Denver	1.24	190	$47,000
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1.13	60	$33,000
District of Columbia	Washington	1.99	570	$59,000
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	0.54	50	$38,000
Florida	Jacksonville	0.67	50	$35,000
Florida	Orlando	0.99	130	$37,000
Florida	Tampa	0.97	150	$46,000
Florida	West Palm Beach	1.01	70	$38,000
Georgia	Atlanta	1.81	540	$52,000
Georgia	Columbus	2.36	30	$25,000
Hawaii	Honolulu	2.33	120	$35,000
Idaho	Boise	3.11	100	$36,000
Illinois	Chicago	1.13	540	$49,000
Illinois	Peoria	1.55	30	$19,000
Indiana	Indianapolis	1.56	170	$56,000
Iowa	Des Moines	1.03	40	$40,000
Kansas	Wichita	1.38	50	$29,000
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	8.73	40	$43,000
Kentucky	Lexington	2.75	80	$45,000
Kentucky	Louisville	1.21	90	$38,000
Louisiana	Lafayette	2.53	40	$18,000
Maine	Portland	2.58	60	$31,000
Maryland	Baltimore	0.94	150	$56,000
Massachusetts	Boston	1.33	280	$54,000
Michigan	Grand Rapids	1.08	50	$28,000
Minnesota	Minneapolis	0.18	40	$36,000
Mississippi	Jackson	1.66	50	$23,000
Missouri	Kansas City	1.52	190	$33,000
Missouri	St Louis	0.84	140	$56,000
Nevada	Las Vegas	1.3	150	$37,000
Nevada	Reno	2.72	70	$28,000
New Mexico	Albuquerque	1.5	70	$66,000
New York	Albany	1.13	60	$64,000
New York	Buffalo	0.77	50	$36,000
New York	Nassau	0.85	130	$43,000
New York	New York	2.87	1,790	$46,000
New York	Rochester	0.82	50	$41,000
North Carolina	Charlotte	0.84	90	$40,000
North Carolina	Greensboro	0.67	30	$24,000
North Dakota	Fargo	2.29	30	$29,000
Ohio	Cincinnati	0.95	120	$53,000
Ohio	Cleveland	1.14	150	$52,000
Ohio	Columbus	0.8	90	$52,000
Ohio	Dayton	1.67	80	$50,000
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1.59	110	$35,000
Oklahoma	Tulsa	1.16	60	$40,000
Oregon	Eugene	2.87	50	$31,000
Oregon	Portland	1.17	150
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1.95	70	$34,000
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	0.57	80	$34,000
Rhode Island	Providence	0.56	40	$40,000
South Carolina	Charleston	2.01	70	$38,000
South Carolina	Greenville	1.09	40	$25,000
South Dakota	Rapid City	6	40	$19,000
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	3.2	50	$22,000
Tennessee	Knoxville	1	40	$31,000
Tennessee	Nashville	0.64	60	$46,000
Texas	Austin	0.66	60	$25,000
Texas	Dallas	0.67	170	$33,000
Texas	San Antonio	0.5	50	$38,000
Utah	Salt Lake City	0.94	70	$52,000
Virginia	Richmond	1.08	80	$34,000
Virginia	Virginia Beach	2.05	190	$57,000
Washington	Seattle	1.76	310	$58,000
Wisconsin	Green Bay	3.1	60	$40,000
Wisconsin	Madison	1.01	40	$28,000
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	0.95	100	$34,000