Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers Salary and Pay
How much do Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers make?
In May 2024 the middle Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers worker earned $49,300 a year, the average was $53,420, and the survey counted 2,010 jobs. The 25th percentile is $42,590 and the 75th is $62,400.
What Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers actually pay, from the federal wage survey: a $49,300 median, the full percentile ladder, every state's table, and the metros where the jobs and the money sit, on one page.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Every level in the picker is a published BLS figure for Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers, not a national average. Annual-to-hourly conversions divide by 2,080 hours, the survey's full-time year; top-coded levels use $239,200, the floor BLS prints, so the true figure is higher.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $36,020 | $17.32 |
| 25th percentile | $42,590 | $20.48 |
| Median (50th) | $49,300 | $23.70 |
| 75th percentile | $62,400 | $30.00 |
| 90th percentile | $76,550 | $36.80 |
A percentile marks a point in this occupation's pay distribution: the worker one quarter of the way up the Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers ladder earns the 25th percentile wage, $42,590. BLS top-codes very high wages ($239,200+ a year, $115.00+ an hour) and marks estimates it cannot publish as n/p.
Employment and concentration
The occupation employed 2,010 people in May 2024, 0.00% of every job BLS counted. California is the largest employer at 350 jobs, and the leading three states between them hold 25.9% of the workforce. Concentration peaks in Iowa, whose location quotient of 2.33 says this work is 2.33 times as dense there as it is nationwide.
Read the ladder as a career path in numbers: $42,590 at the 25th percentile, $49,300 at the middle, $62,400 at the 75th. The full 10-to-90 range runs $40,530, a ratio of 2.1 to 1. Where a specific job offer lands on that range says more about the role's level than the occupation's headline median does.
Pay by state
The state spread for Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers runs from the $70,420 median in Virginia down through every other publishing state. Employment concentrates in California (350 jobs). The complete table:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 350 | 0.0 | 1.50 | $63,320 | $67,060 |
| Virginia | 90 | 0.0 | 1.65 | $63,340 | $70,420 |
| Texas | 80 | 0.0 | 0.43 | $51,070 | $50,780 |
| Georgia | 70 | 0.0 | 1.18 | $46,750 | $47,700 |
| New Jersey | 60 | 0.0 | 1.11 | $64,590 | $55,540 |
| Indiana | 50 | 0.0 | 1.27 | $59,220 | $61,130 |
| Iowa | 50 | 0.0 | 2.33 | $48,400 | $46,220 |
| Ohio | 50 | 0.0 | 0.63 | $52,290 | $47,550 |
| North Carolina | 30 | 0.0 | 0.54 | $40,930 | $36,180 |
| District of Columbia | n/p | n/p | n/p | $51,480 | $49,290 |
| Florida | n/p | n/p | n/p | $47,890 | $47,190 |
| New York | n/p | n/p | n/p | $62,370 | $56,340 |
| Tennessee | n/p | n/p | n/p | $47,210 | $43,850 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers stands number 804 by employment and number 535 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations, the group median wage is $59,300 across 51 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 17% less than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 6,045,030 jobs. In 6 of the 13 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $49,300, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is the largest metro employer with 70 jobs, 3.5% of the national total. Employment rank and pay rank are different lists: the second table re-sorts metros with at least 500 jobs in this occupation by mean pay, the floor keeping a handful of workers from posing as a market.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 70 | $65,860 | $58,850 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | n/p | $48,200 | $48,770 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | n/p | $59,980 | $58,210 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | n/p | $46,340 | $45,730 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | n/p | $47,620 | $43,850 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | n/p | $51,020 | $49,290 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
The median annual wage of $49,300 works out to $4,108 a month before taxes, $1,896 per biweekly paycheck, and $948 a week. Moving from the 25th percentile ($42,590) to the 75th ($62,400) is worth $19,810 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. Run the median through the paycheck calculator for a take-home estimate in your state, compare an offer against your current pay with the salary calculator, and check whether a raise actually beats prices with the raise vs inflation calculator.
To place a real offer: a salary of $54,230 would sit between the median ($49,300) and the 75th percentile ($62,400), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $42,590, is $6,710 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations
Compare the ladder above with the closest relatives in the survey: Avionics Technicians, Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers, Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians, Rail Car Repairers, Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers, Locksmiths and Safe Repairers. The Careers hub carries the whole branch, group by group.
Frequently asked questions
How much do Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers make an hour?
The median hourly wage is $23.70, and the mean hourly wage is $25.69, from the May 2024 OEWS estimates. Annual figures for Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers use the survey's 2,080-hour year where a conversion is needed, which is how the $49,300 annual median and the hourly figures reconcile.
Which state pays Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers the most?
Virginia, with a median annual wage of $70,420 across 90 jobs. The full state table on this page ranks every publishing state by employment and shows median and mean side by side.
How big is the Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers workforce?
2,010 wage and salary workers in May 2024, 0.00% of U.S. employment in the survey. Employment concentrates most in Iowa by location quotient (2.33).
How current is this Camera and Photographic Equipment Repairers salary data?
These are the May 2024 OEWS estimates behind the $49,300 median and the 2,010 job count on this page, released by BLS on April 2, 2025 and downloaded on November 5, 2026. OEWS is an employer survey, so those figures describe wages actually paid in this occupation, not advertised ranges.