Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film in Georgia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,017
after federal, FICA and Georgia tax
Tax takes
$20,033
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,237
Georgia costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Georgia — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$85,050
Kept after tax
$65,017
Worth in national money
$67,237
State rank
5
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Georgia is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $85,050, which ranks 5 of 46 states with published figures. That is about 13.42% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Georgia reports, this job comes in at 95 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $85,050 you keep $65,017 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $67,237 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $97,600, since top earners drag the number up.
- Georgia ranks 5 of 46 states publishing a median for camera operators, television, video, and film, at $85,050 — about 13.42% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Camera operators, television, video, and film ranks 95 of 492 occupations by median in Georgia, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Georgia is $65,017 after the full tax stack, from $85,050. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $67,237 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $97,600 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,090 |
| This salary | $85,050 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Georgia | $65,017 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,663 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,422 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $79,868 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,727 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of camera operators, television, video, and film in Georgia earn under $85,050 and half over. The published range runs $36,250 at the tenth percentile to $159,090 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Georgia the take-home figure of $65,017, from $85,050, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 95 of 492 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,237 uses one figure for the whole of Georgia. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 492 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 95.
- Figures are distribution medians for camera operators, television, video, and film in Georgia, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,250 to $159,090; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Georgia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $65,017 from $85,050. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 95 of 492 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,237, worked from $85,050, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Georgia address, on work sitting at 95 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $97,600, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,250 at the bottom tenth to $159,090 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $67,237.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Georgia adds its own income tax on top — which is why $65,017 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 46 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Georgia is $97,600. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,250) and the ninetieth ($159,090) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Georgia's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $67,237 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $65,017 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Georgia income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.