Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020

39-3021 Motion Picture Projectionists

Set up and operate motion picture projection and related sound reproduction equipment.

National estimates for Motion Picture Projectionists
Industry profile for Motion Picture Projectionists
Geographic profile for Motion Picture Projectionists

National estimates for Motion Picture Projectionists:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Motion Picture Projectionists:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
2,270	8.8 %	$ 16.53	$ 34,380	2.7 %

Percentile wage estimates for Motion Picture Projectionists:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 9.43	$ 11.12	$ 13.22	$ 19.69	$ 29.27
Annual Wage (2)	$ 19,620	$ 23,120	$ 27,490	$ 40,950	$ 60,880

Industry profile for Motion Picture Projectionists:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Motion Picture Projectionists are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in Motion Picture Projectionists, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in Motion Picture Projectionists:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Motion Picture and Video Industries	1,770	0.54	$ 15.72	$ 32,700
Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	100	0.07	$ 16.70	$ 34,730
Performing Arts Companies	60	0.06	$ 18.76	$ 39,030
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	50	0.00	$ 20.95	$ 43,570
Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	40	0.04	$ 31.07	$ 64,620

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Motion Picture Projectionists:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Motion Picture and Video Industries	1,770	0.54	$ 15.72	$ 32,700
Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	100	0.07	$ 16.70	$ 34,730
Performing Arts Companies	60	0.06	$ 18.76	$ 39,030
Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	40	0.04	$ 31.07	$ 64,620
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	50	0.00	$ 20.95	$ 43,570

Top paying industries for Motion Picture Projectionists:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Promoters of Performing Arts, Sports, and Similar Events	40	0.04	$ 31.07	$ 64,620
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	50	(7)	$ 20.95	$ 43,570
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations	(8)	(8)	$ 20.81	$ 43,290
Performing Arts Companies	60	0.06	$ 18.76	$ 39,030
Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions	100	0.07	$ 16.70	$ 34,730

Geographic profile for Motion Picture Projectionists:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Motion Picture Projectionists are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in Motion Picture Projectionists, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in Motion Picture Projectionists:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New Jersey	270	0.07	4.39	$ 17.61	$ 36,630
California	250	0.02	0.94	$ 22.21	$ 46,190
Texas	180	0.01	0.90	$ 16.90	$ 35,140
New York	150	0.02	1.05	$ 24.18	$ 50,300
Colorado	130	0.05	3.09	$ 15.58	$ 32,400

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Motion Picture Projectionists:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New Jersey	270	0.07	4.39	$ 17.61	$ 36,630
Colorado	130	0.05	3.09	$ 15.58	$ 32,400
Iowa	60	0.04	2.58	$ 9.32	$ 19,380
Tennessee	100	0.04	2.15	$ 13.08	$ 27,220
Massachusetts	110	0.03	1.96	$ 18.94	$ 39,390

Top paying states for Motion Picture Projectionists:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York	150	0.02	1.05	$ 24.18	$ 50,300
California	250	0.02	0.94	$ 22.21	$ 46,190
Massachusetts	110	0.03	1.96	$ 18.94	$ 39,390
New Jersey	270	0.07	4.39	$ 17.61	$ 36,630
Washington	50	0.01	0.90	$ 17.08	$ 35,520

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Motion Picture Projectionists:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	380	0.04	2.67	$ 20.17	$ 41,950
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	140	0.02	1.47	$ 23.86	$ 49,620
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	80	0.03	1.94	$ 19.91	$ 41,410
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	40	0.01	0.61	$ 17.46	$ 36,310
Austin-Round Rock, TX	40	0.04	2.17	$ 19.43	$ 40,420

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Motion Picture Projectionists:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	380	0.04	2.67	$ 20.17	$ 41,950
Austin-Round Rock, TX	40	0.04	2.17	$ 19.43	$ 40,420
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	80	0.03	1.94	$ 19.91	$ 41,410
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	140	0.02	1.47	$ 23.86	$ 49,620
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	40	0.01	0.61	$ 17.46	$ 36,310

Top paying metropolitan areas for Motion Picture Projectionists:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	140	0.02	1.47	$ 23.86	$ 49,620
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	380	0.04	2.67	$ 20.17	$ 41,950
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	80	0.03	1.94	$ 19.91	$ 41,410
Austin-Round Rock, TX	40	0.04	2.17	$ 19.43	$ 40,420
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	(8)	(8)	(8)	$ 17.83	$ 37,080
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	40	0.01	0.61	$ 17.46	$ 36,310
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	(8)	(8)	(8)	$ 16.88	$ 35,100
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	(8)	(8)	(8)	$ 11.14	$ 23,180

About May 2020 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.

(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.

(8) Estimate not released.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.

Other OEWS estimates and related information:

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Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021