Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film in Nevada
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,085
after federal, FICA and Nevada tax
Tax takes
$10,025
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,707
Nevada costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Nevada — 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
$62,110
Kept after tax
$52,085
Worth in national money
$53,707
State rank
16
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Nevada sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $62,110, ranking 16 of 46 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 485 occupations Nevada reports figures for, this is number 225.
- Nevada is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,110 the take-home is $52,085; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $53,707 would nationally. The average comes to $67,540, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Nevada occupies the middle band for camera operators, television, video, and film: a median of $62,110, ranking 16 of 46. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Nevada's occupational distribution, camera operators, television, video, and film sits at 225 of 485 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for camera operators, television, video, and film in Nevada, on $62,110, is $52,085 — equivalent to $53,707 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $67,540 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,110 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,560 |
| This salary | $62,110 |
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 Nevada | $52,085 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,085 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$108 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
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 | $62,110 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$130 |
| 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 Nevada earn under $62,110 and half over. The published range runs $33,160 at the tenth percentile to $99,560 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Nevada's $52,085, worked from $62,110. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 225 of 485.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $53,707 uses one figure for the whole of Nevada. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 485 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 225.
- Figures are distribution medians for camera operators, television, video, and film in Nevada, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $33,160 to $99,560; 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.
- The Nevada take-home of $52,085, on $62,110 for work ranking 225 of 485 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 225 of 485 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $53,707, worked from $62,110, 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 Nevada address, on work sitting at 225 of 485 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 $67,540, 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 $33,160 at the bottom tenth to $99,560 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Nevada sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $53,707 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,085 survives, because Nevada levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 Nevada is $67,540. 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 ($33,160) and the ninetieth ($99,560) 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?
Nevada'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 $53,707 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Nevada levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $52,085 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.