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

The median camera operators, television, video, and film in Kentucky earns $53,790 a year, 28% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,604 a month.

10th percentile
$43,420
25th percentile
$47,040
Median percentile
$53,790
75th percentile
$59,870
90th percentile
$70,480

Based on 170 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

$43,249 take-home a year
Gross pay$53,790
Federal income tax−$4,275
Social Security + Medicare−$4,115
Kentucky income tax (approx.)−$2,152
Monthly take-home$3,604
Every two weeks$1,663

Does it go far here?

$59,661Median pay in Kentucky is worth this at average US prices (local price level 90.2 vs 100).
27%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($967 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Kentucky

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$350,950
Anesthesiologists$347,960
Physicians, All Other$327,390
Family Medicine Physicians$248,730
General Internal Medicine Physicians$241,530
Nurse Anesthetists$222,520
Chief Executives$179,530
Emergency Medicine Physicians$169,390

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