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Camera Operators, Television, Video, and Film salary in Colorado

The median camera operators, television, video, and film in Colorado earns $74,990 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,857 a month.

10th percentile
$47,900
25th percentile
$65,470
Median percentile
$74,990
75th percentile
$78,280
90th percentile
$122,170

Based on 300 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

$58,286 take-home a year
Gross pay$74,990
Federal income tax−$7,668
Social Security + Medicare−$5,737
Colorado income tax (approx.)−$3,300
Monthly take-home$4,857
Every two weeks$2,242

Does it go far here?

$72,769Median pay in Colorado is worth this at average US prices (local price level 103.1 vs 100).
36%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,761 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Colorado

JobMedian pay
Radiologists$344,270
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,490
Physicians, All Other$298,320
Family Medicine Physicians$265,560
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Computer and Information Systems Managers$199,420
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates$198,790
Pediatricians, General$196,440

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