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Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators salary in Los Angeles, CA

The median photographic process workers and processing machine operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA earns $47,450 a year, 17% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $3,082 a month.

10th percentile
$38,650
25th percentile
$40,020
Median percentile
$47,450
75th percentile
$77,640
90th percentile
$84,430

Based on 280 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

$36,985 take-home a year
Gross pay$47,450
Federal income tax−$3,514
Social Security + Medicare−$3,630
California income tax (approx.)−$3,322
Monthly take-home$3,082
Every two weeks$1,422

Does it go far here?

$41,782Median pay in Los Angeles, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 113.6 vs 100).
67%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,063 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Los Angeles, CA

JobMedian pay
Psychiatrists$370,510
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$364,730
Chief Executives$234,290
Computer and Information Systems Managers$204,370
Physicians, All Other$196,760
Lawyers$194,410
Natural Sciences Managers$193,340
Architectural and Engineering Managers$190,900

All photographic process workers and processing machine operators salaries · Take-home pay in California