How much do Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film make in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Percentile spread

For Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film, the published 10th percentile is $48,350 and the 90th percentile is $77,100. The difference is $28,750, which is 49.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $48,670 to the 75th at $68,350, covers $19,680.

The mean annual wage is $59,710, which sits above the median of $58,480. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN median is 22% lower than the national median of $74,990 for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. In 2024 national prices the local median is $61,110, which is 18.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.9% higher than the Indiana median of $56,810.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN is 95.696, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,480 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film at $61,110 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN ranks 4th of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 101 miles away, with a median of $63,970 and employment of 90. That median is 9.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $67,076, against $61,110 here.
• Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN is 111 miles away, with a median of $50,550 and employment of 60. That median is 13.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,312, against $61,110 here.
• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 148 miles away, with a median of $52,580 and employment of 40. That median is 10.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,605, against $61,110 here.

Employment share

Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN (80 of 1,105,170). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.52 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.