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Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film salary in Boston, MA

The median camera operators, television, video, and film in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH earns $62,810 a year, 16% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,126 a month.

10th percentile
$32,980
25th percentile
$51,650
Median percentile
$62,810
75th percentile
$99,900
90th percentile
$133,730

Based on 210 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$49,507 take-home a year
Gross pay$62,810
Federal income tax−$5,357
Social Security + Medicare−$4,805
Massachusetts income tax (approx.)−$3,141
Monthly take-home$4,126
Every two weeks$1,904

Does it go far here?

$58,015Median pay in Boston, MA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 108.3 vs 100).
49%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,023 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Boston, MA

JobMedian pay
Surgeons, All Other$386,300
Emergency Medicine Physicians$356,230
Natural Sciences Managers$291,000
Family Medicine Physicians$284,010
General Internal Medicine Physicians$243,230
Nurse Anesthetists$239,200
Obstetricians and Gynecologists$235,460
Physicians, All Other$229,870

All camera operators, television, video, and film salaries · Take-home pay in Massachusetts