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Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film is $52,720 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $107,620 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 51.0% 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 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.