Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
Operate television, video, or film camera to record images or scenes for television, video, or film productions.
- O*NET-SOC code
27-4031.00 - Preparation Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
Wages
Median annual wage, U.S.$74,990
Employment, U.S.21,550
Median hourly wage$36.05
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $38,520 | $50,920 | $74,990 | $106,660 | $135,180 |
By state (49)
| State | Employment | Median annual | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 220 | $61,800 | 0.75 |
| Alaska | 50 | $83,620 | 1.01 |
| Arizona | 520 | $68,250 | 1.17 |
| Arkansas | 60 | $48,680 | 0.34 |
| California | 4,700 | $106,900 | 1.86 |
| Colorado | 300 | $74,990 | 0.76 |
| Connecticut | 170 | $65,630 | 0.72 |
| District of Columbia | 240 | $98,300 | 2.51 |
| Florida | 970 | $62,220 | 0.71 |
| Georgia | 570 | $85,050 | 0.84 |
| Hawaii | 90 | $44,230 | 1.06 |
| Idaho | 120 | $58,140 | 1.01 |
| Illinois | 1,060 | $100,170 | 1.25 |
| Indiana | 200 | $56,810 | 0.46 |
| Iowa | 90 | $57,220 | 0.43 |
| Kansas | 110 | $60,690 | 0.56 |
| Kentucky | 170 | $53,790 | 0.63 |
| Louisiana | 270 | $58,440 | 1.00 |
| Maine | 70 | $37,590 | 0.81 |
| Maryland | 290 | $65,870 | 0.77 |
| Massachusetts | 370 | $61,320 | 0.73 |
| Michigan | 380 | $55,290 | 0.62 |
| Minnesota | 300 | $51,420 | 0.73 |
| Mississippi | 60 | $49,920 | 0.37 |
| Missouri | 170 | Not available | 0.41 |
| Montana | 110 | $50,910 | 1.56 |
| Nebraska | 100 | $46,180 | 0.68 |
| Nevada | 320 | $62,110 | 1.49 |
| New Hampshire | $45,880 | ||
| New Jersey | 750 | Not available | 1.26 |
| New Mexico | 290 | $49,050 | 2.40 |
| New York | 2,930 | $93,410 | 2.19 |
| North Carolina | 380 | $62,720 | 0.55 |
| North Dakota | 40 | $53,650 | 0.65 |
| Ohio | 520 | $64,860 | 0.68 |
| Oklahoma | 220 | $48,620 | 0.94 |
| Oregon | 280 | Not available | 1.02 |
| Pennsylvania | 670 | $51,760 | 0.79 |
| Rhode Island | 50 | $49,790 | 0.78 |
| South Carolina | 40 | $57,940 | 0.11 |
| South Dakota | 50 | $44,160 | 0.75 |
| Tennessee | 460 | $57,030 | 1.01 |
| Texas | 1,100 | $63,110 | 0.57 |
| Utah | 240 | $73,450 | 1.02 |
| Vermont | 130 | $46,350 | 3.08 |
| Virginia | 420 | $58,440 | 0.74 |
| Washington | 440 | $60,250 | 0.90 |
| West Virginia | 60 | $43,390 | 0.57 |
| Wisconsin | 300 | $52,810 | 0.73 |
Similar occupations
Similarity is our measure: the cosine of importance x level over all 120 O*NET skills, knowledge areas and abilities. It is not an O*NET finding. More.
Circles are the 20 most similar occupations, coloured by Job Zone. Lines join pairs where one is among the other's 10 most similar; darker lines are pairs O*NET also lists as related. Drag a circle to move it out of the way; select one to open it.
| # | Occupation | Job Zone | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Media Technical Directors/Managers | 4 | 0.953 |
| 2 | Audio and Video Technicians | 3 | 0.944 |
| 3 | Motion Picture Projectionists | 1-2 | 0.943 |
| 4 | Broadcast Technicians | 3 | 0.933 |
| 5 | Forest and Conservation Technicians | 3 | 0.929 |
| 6 | Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators | 1-2 | 0.929 |
| 7 | Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers | 3 | 0.926 |
| 8 | Office Machine Operators, Except Computer | 1-2 | 0.926 |
| 9 | Bridge and Lock Tenders | 1-2 | 0.926 |
| 10 | Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers | 1-2 | 0.923 |
One skill away
Among the 50 occupations most similar to Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film, those at the same Job Zone or lower, where exactly one skill rated at least 3 in importance needs a level more than 0.75 points higher (on O*NET's 0-7 level scale). Our definition. Change the thresholds.
| Occupation | Skill to build | Level gap | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio and Video Technicians | Systems Analysis | 0.76 | 0.944 |
| Forest and Conservation Technicians | Systems Analysis | 0.88 | 0.929 |
| Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers | Troubleshooting | 0.76 | 0.917 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand | Management of Personnel Resources | 1.00 | 0.917 |
| Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers | Equipment Maintenance | 1.00 | 0.916 |
| Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers | Operations Monitoring | 0.88 | 0.911 |
| Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers | Troubleshooting | 1.00 | 0.910 |
| Transportation Vehicle, Equipment and Systems Inspectors, Except Aviation | Troubleshooting | 0.76 | 0.905 |
| Police Identification and Records Officers | Speaking | 0.76 | 0.904 |
Software to learn next
Software used by at least 3 of the 20 occupations most similar to Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film, excluding software Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film already lists and any you named. Ranked by how many of them use it, weighted by how much more common it is among them than across all occupations (lift). Our ranking.
| Software | Similar jobs using it | Lift |
|---|---|---|
| Cisco IOS | 3 of 20 | 8.7x |
| Microsoft Outlook | 18 of 20 | 1.3x |
| Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software | 3 of 20 | 2.2x |
| Linux | 4 of 20 | 1.5x |
| UNIX | 3 of 20 | 1.6x |
| Microsoft Windows | 6 of 20 | 1.1x |
| Autodesk AutoCAD | 4 of 20 | 1.1x |
| 3 of 20 | 1.0x | |
| SAP software | 6 of 20 | 1.0x |
| Structured query language SQL | 3 of 20 | 0.9x |
Skills
From O*NET data. Importance is rated 1 to 5 and level 0 to 7.
| Skill | Type | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | Essential skill | 3.75 | 3.25 |
| Coordination | Transferable skill | 3.25 | 3.75 |
| Reading Comprehension | Essential skill | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | Transferable skill | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Speaking | Essential skill | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Critical Thinking | Essential skill | 3.12 | 3.50 |
| Monitoring | Essential skill | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Social Perceptiveness | Transferable skill | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Time Management | Transferable skill | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Complex Problem Solving | Transferable skill | 3.00 | 3.12 |
| Active Learning | Essential skill | 2.88 | 3.00 |
| Operations Monitoring | Transferable skill | 2.88 | 3.00 |
| Quality Control Analysis | Transferable skill | 2.88 | 3.00 |
| Operation and Control | Transferable skill | 2.88 | 2.88 |
| Persuasion | Transferable skill | 2.88 | 2.88 |
| Service Orientation | Transferable skill | 2.88 | 2.88 |
| Writing | Essential skill | 2.88 | 2.88 |
| Learning Strategies | Essential skill | 2.75 | 2.88 |
| Equipment Selection | Transferable skill | 2.62 | 2.88 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | Transferable skill | 2.50 | 2.75 |
| Negotiation | Transferable skill | 2.50 | 2.38 |
| Instructing | Transferable skill | 2.38 | 2.75 |
| Troubleshooting | Transferable skill | 2.38 | 2.12 |
| Repairing | Transferable skill | 2.38 | 1.88 |
| Systems Analysis | Transferable skill | 2.25 | 2.12 |
| Systems Evaluation | Transferable skill | 2.25 | 2.12 |
| Equipment Maintenance | Transferable skill | 2.25 | 2.00 |
| Operations Analysis | Transferable skill | 2.12 | 2.12 |
| Technology Design | Transferable skill | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Mathematics | Essential skill | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| Management of Material Resources | Transferable skill | 1.88 | 1.62 |
| Management of Financial Resources | Transferable skill | 1.75 | 0.75 |
| Programming | Transferable skill | 1.38 | 0.50 |
| Installation | Transferable skill | 1.12 | not rated |
| Science | Essential skill | 1.00 | not rated |
Knowledge (33) and abilities (52)
| Name | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 4.34 | 3.87 |
| Computers and Electronics | 4.03 | 3.84 |
| Communications and Media | 3.84 | 3.47 |
| Telecommunications | 3.81 | 3.83 |
| Engineering and Technology | 2.90 | 2.61 |
| Public Safety and Security | 2.76 | 2.36 |
| Education and Training | 2.75 | 2.74 |
| Mathematics | 2.72 | 1.73 |
| Customer and Personal Service | 2.65 | 2.01 |
| Production and Processing | 2.63 | 2.44 |
| Law and Government | 2.47 | 1.72 |
| Geography | 2.39 | 2.48 |
| Mechanical | 2.38 | 2.35 |
| Administration and Management | 2.26 | 2.99 |
| Administrative | 2.20 | 2.61 |
| Sociology and Anthropology | 2.12 | 1.72 |
| History and Archeology | 2.10 | 1.93 |
| Fine Arts | 2.07 | not rated |
| Transportation | 2.01 | 1.48 |
| Sales and Marketing | 2.00 | 1.23 |
| Design | 1.99 | 1.27 |
| Personnel and Human Resources | 1.88 | 1.09 |
| Psychology | 1.62 | 0.98 |
| Building and Construction | 1.60 | not rated |
| Physics | 1.54 | 0.92 |
| Chemistry | 1.52 | 1.29 |
| Philosophy and Theology | 1.46 | not rated |
| Foreign Language | 1.40 | 0.41 |
| Therapy and Counseling | 1.39 | not rated |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 1.34 | not rated |
| Biology | 1.20 | not rated |
| Economics and Accounting | 1.20 | not rated |
| Food Production | 1.01 | not rated |
| Name | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Far Vision | 3.75 | 4.12 |
| Near Vision | 3.75 | 4.12 |
| Visualization | 3.75 | 3.75 |
| Oral Expression | 3.62 | 3.75 |
| Problem Sensitivity | 3.62 | 3.25 |
| Oral Comprehension | 3.50 | 4.00 |
| Speech Clarity | 3.50 | 3.00 |
| Visual Color Discrimination | 3.38 | 3.62 |
| Speech Recognition | 3.38 | 3.50 |
| Flexibility of Closure | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Selective Attention | 3.25 | 3.25 |
| Arm-Hand Steadiness | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Control Precision | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Information Ordering | 3.25 | 3.12 |
| Deductive Reasoning | 3.12 | 3.50 |
| Fluency of Ideas | 3.12 | 3.25 |
| Originality | 3.12 | 3.12 |
| Finger Dexterity | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Inductive Reasoning | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Manual Dexterity | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Time Sharing | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Category Flexibility | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Written Comprehension | 2.88 | 3.25 |
| Perceptual Speed | 2.88 | 3.12 |
| Multilimb Coordination | 2.88 | 2.88 |
| Written Expression | 2.75 | 3.00 |
| Auditory Attention | 2.75 | 2.62 |
| Hearing Sensitivity | 2.75 | 2.25 |
| Static Strength | 2.62 | 2.88 |
| Depth Perception | 2.62 | 2.62 |
| Trunk Strength | 2.62 | 2.62 |
| Speed of Closure | 2.50 | 2.25 |
| Extent Flexibility | 2.25 | 2.25 |
| Rate Control | 2.25 | 2.12 |
| Response Orientation | 2.25 | 2.12 |
| Reaction Time | 2.12 | 2.50 |
| Memorization | 2.12 | 2.25 |
| Gross Body Coordination | 2.12 | 1.75 |
| Spatial Orientation | 2.12 | 1.50 |
| Mathematical Reasoning | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Number Facility | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Wrist-Finger Speed | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Glare Sensitivity | 2.00 | 1.88 |
| Stamina | 2.00 | 1.75 |
| Dynamic Strength | 2.00 | 1.62 |
| Gross Body Equilibrium | 2.00 | 1.38 |
| Speed of Limb Movement | 1.75 | 1.25 |
| Night Vision | 1.62 | 1.12 |
| Explosive Strength | 1.62 | 0.88 |
| Peripheral Vision | 1.62 | 0.62 |
| Sound Localization | 1.62 | 0.62 |
| Dynamic Flexibility | 1.00 | not rated |
Software used
Examples from O*NET data. "Hot" and "in demand" are O*NET flags for technologies often listed in job postings.
- Adobe After Effects in demand
- Adobe Creative Cloud software in demand
- Adobe Illustrator in demand
- Adobe Photoshop in demand
- TikTok in demand
- Adobe Premiere Pro in demand
- Apple Final Cut Pro in demand
- Video editing software in demand
- Adobe Acrobat hot
- Adobe InDesign hot
- Microsoft Excel hot
- Microsoft Office software hot
- Microsoft PowerPoint hot
- Microsoft Word hot
- Adobe Dreamweaver
- Apple Final Cut Studio
- Avid Technology audio visual editing software
- DaVinci Resolve
- Email software
- Google Drive
- Litchi
- Pix4D Pix4Dcapture
- YouTube
Where it concentrates
Metro areas ranked by BLS location quotient: the occupation's share of the area's jobs divided by its share of all US jobs. Above 1 means more concentrated than the nation. Metros employing fewer than 100 are left out.
| Metro area | Employment | Location quotient | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 3,540 | 4.07 | $107,620 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 3,000 | 2.28 | $93,410 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | 130 | 2.08 | $61,500 |
| Albuquerque, NM | 100 | 1.85 | $50,860 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | 290 | 1.83 | $62,110 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 250 | 1.61 | $60,800 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | 140 | 1.24 | $73,710 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 740 | 1.18 | $102,370 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 210 | 1.15 | $74,710 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 500 | 1.15 | $83,320 |