DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

51-9151 Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators

Occupational Description:
Perform work involved in developing and processing photographic images from film or digital media. May perform precision tasks such as editing photographic negatives and prints.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Minnesota 740248$18.94/hr$1.78/hr$11.01/hr$12.27/hr$16.91/hr$24.46/hr$29.71/hr
U S 11,940693$18.00/hr$0.29/hr$10.88/hr$12.78/hr$15.75/hr$21.79/hr$28.84/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Other Services470$13.26/hr
Other Regional Data For Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2023 - 2025
Minnesota 740 $16.91/hr -4.6%
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 660 $15.82/hr N/A
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA 660 $15.86/hr N/A
Central Minnesota 30 $23.74/hr N/A
Southeast Minnesota 30 $25.40/hr N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Rochester MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Southwest Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
St Cloud MN MSA N/A N/A N/A
Northwest Minnesota N/A N/A N/A
Southwest Balance of State N/A N/A N/A
Southeast Balance of State N/A N/A N/A