How much do Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film make in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ?

Percentile spread

For Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film, the published 10th percentile is $52,830 and the 90th percentile is $132,790. The difference is $79,960, which is 85.6% 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 $72,200 to the 75th at $106,110, covers $33,910.

The mean annual wage is $95,180, which sits above the median of $93,410. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ median is 24.6% higher than the national median of $74,990 for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. In 2024 national prices the local median is $82,985, which is 10.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the New York median of $93,410.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses New York, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 112.563, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $93,410 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film at $82,985 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ ranks 1st of 11 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).).

• Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 42 miles away, with a median of $67,560 and employment of 40. That median is 27.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $63,221, against $82,985 here.
• Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 83 miles away, with a median of $54,690 and employment of 70. That median is 41.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,708, against $82,985 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 93 miles away, with a median of $52,720 and employment of 50. That median is 43.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $51,311, against $82,985 here.

Employment share

Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film accounts for 0.03% of wage-and-salary employment in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ (3,000 of 9,492,000). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.28 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.