The median annual wage for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is $33,850 (May 2024 BLS OES). The mean (average) is $36,570.
Pay spans roughly $33,850 at the 10th percentile to $39,850 at the 90th, so experience and specialisation move this figure a lot. At the median that is about $16.27 per hour.
| Median (annual) | $33,850 |
| Mean (annual) | $36,570 |
| Median (hourly) | $16.27 |
| 10th percentile | $33,850 |
| 90th percentile | $39,850 |
| Employment | — |
Updated 2026-07-23.
Source: BLS OES May 2024 — bls.gov/oes. Checked 2026-07-23.