SOC 27-4031 · Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations · May 2025

How much do Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $36,230. The 10th percentile is $34,810 and the 90th percentile is $91,330. Employment is 50.

Median annual wage

$36,230

10th percentile
$34,810
25th percentile
$36,230
Median
$36,230
75th percentile
$57,980
90th percentile
$91,330
Mean
$50,830

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film, the published 10th percentile is $34,810 and the 90th percentile is $91,330. The difference is $56,520, which is 156.0% 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 $36,230 to the 75th at $57,980, covers $21,750.

The mean annual wage is $50,830, which sits above the median of $36,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA median is 51.7% lower than the national median of $74,990 for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,105, which is 51.9% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 39.9% lower than the Washington median of $60,250.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $36,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film at $36,105 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. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 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).).

  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 198 miles away, with a median of $61,820 and employment of 320. That median is 70.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $55,627, against $36,105 here.

Employment share

Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA (50 of 255,820). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,550 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.41 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA · Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film make in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is $36,230. The 10th percentile is $34,810 and the 90th percentile is $91,330. Employment is 50.

How does that compare with the national median for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film?

The local median is 51.7% lower than the national median of $74,990.

What is Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film pay in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA is 100.346, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $36,230 is $36,105. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA compare with nearby metros for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film?

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 198 miles away, at $61,820. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.