The median annual wage for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators in New York is $72,160 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $75,980.
Pay spans roughly $37,910 at the 10th percentile to $128,180 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $34.69 per hour. An estimated 340 people work as photographic process workers and processing machine operators in New York.
| Median (annual) | $72,160 |
| Mean (annual) | $75,980 |
| Median (hourly) | $34.69 |
| 10th percentile | $37,910 |
| 90th percentile | $128,180 |
| Employment | 340 |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.