The median annual wage for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators in California is $45,850 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $51,050.
Pay spans roughly $33,850 at the 10th percentile to $80,040 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $22.04 per hour. An estimated 940 people work as photographic process workers and processing machine operators in California.
| Median (annual) | $45,850 |
| Mean (annual) | $51,050 |
| Median (hourly) | $22.04 |
| 10th percentile | $33,850 |
| 90th percentile | $80,040 |
| Employment | 940 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.