How much do Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film make in Knoxville, TN?

Percentile spread

For Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film, the published 10th percentile is $39,600 and the 90th percentile is $81,380. The difference is $41,780, which is 78.6% 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 $47,640 to the 75th at $57,030, covers $9,390.

The mean annual wage is $57,470, which sits above the median of $53,180. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Knoxville, TN median is 29.1% lower than the national median of $74,990 for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,449, which is 23.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.8% lower than the Tennessee median of $57,030.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Knoxville, TN is 92.569, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $53,180 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film at $57,449 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. Knoxville, TN ranks 5th of 7 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).).

• Lexington-Fayette, KY is 143 miles away, with a median of $52,580 and employment of 40. That median is 1.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $56,605, against $57,449 here.
• Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN is 145 miles away, with a median of $60,800 and employment of 250. That median is 14.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,111, against $57,449 here.
• Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 160 miles away, with a median of $76,250 and employment of 360. That median is 43.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $76,206, against $57,449 here.

Employment share

Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Knoxville, TN (70 of 424,600). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.19 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.