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Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film pay in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film is $76,250 per year in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. It is $107,620 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA is 29.1% below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-4031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 360 wage and salary jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA and 3,540 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.