The median annual wage for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $48,600 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $54,580.
Pay spans roughly $37,240 at the 10th percentile to $81,760 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $23.36 per hour. An estimated 360 people work as photographic process workers and processing machine operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA.
| Median (annual) | $48,600 |
| Mean (annual) | $54,580 |
| Median (hourly) | $23.36 |
| 10th percentile | $37,240 |
| 90th percentile | $81,760 |
| Employment | 360 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.