How much do Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film make in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

Percentile spread

For Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film, the published 10th percentile is $39,170 and the 90th percentile is $94,650. The difference is $55,480, which is 98.1% 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 $39,170 to the 75th at $77,350, covers $38,180.

The mean annual wage is $62,930, which sits above the median of $56,580. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA median is 24.5% lower than the national median of $74,990 for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. In 2024 national prices the local median is $50,569, which is 32.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 47.1% lower than the California median of $106,900.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 111.887, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $56,580 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film at $50,569 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $107,620 and employment of 3,540. That median is 90.2% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $94,764, against $50,569 here.

Employment share

Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA (150 of 1,538,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.70 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.