The median annual wage for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is $69,360 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $73,390.
Pay spans roughly $39,110 at the 10th percentile to $109,900 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $33.34 per hour. An estimated 320 people work as photographic process workers and processing machine operators in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
| Median (annual) | $69,360 |
| Mean (annual) | $73,390 |
| Median (hourly) | $33.34 |
| 10th percentile | $39,110 |
| 90th percentile | $109,900 |
| Employment | 320 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.