How Much Do Photographic Technicians Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Photographic Technicians

Photographic Technicians repair and adjust cameras and photographic equipment, including commercial video and motion picture camera equipment.

Salary
$42740
Becoming One
Medium
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

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Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$42740 per year
Hourly wage
$21 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$25,310 to $31,230 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$12 to $15 per hour

Entry-level Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $25,310 to $31,230 per year or $12 to $15 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
D

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $30 $63,400
Senior (Top 25%) $25 $51,730
Middle (Mid 50%) $19 $40,330
Junior (Bottom 25%) $15 $31,230
No experience (Bottom 10%) $12 $25,310

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
WA $29 $61,050
UT $25 $52,440
NY $23 $48,770
MA $23 $48,220
CO $23 $47,050
AZ $22 $46,230
PA $22 $46,210
MN $22 $46,030
IL $22 $45,280
NJ $22 $44,950

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like WA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at WA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Photographic Technicians are in the states of WA, UT, NY, MA and CO.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers $48850 $23.49
Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing $45490 $21.87
Automotive Repair and Maintenance $44750 $21.52
Rental and Leasing Services $43010 $20.68
General Medical and Surgical Hospitals $42870 $20.61
Local Government $42490 $20.43
Management of Companies and Enterprises $42070 $20.22
Electronic and Precision Equipment Repair and Maintenance $41550 $19.98
Investigation and Security Services $39040 $18.77
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $38500 $18.51
Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance $37070 $17.82
Employment Services $33740 $16.22
Elementary and Secondary Schools $28110 $13.51

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