In 2024, the average hourly income for employees in the motion picture and recording industries in the United States was 39.48 U.S. dollars, up from 37.35 U.S. dollars a year earlier.
Average hourly earnings of all employees in the motion picture and sound recording industries in the United States from 2007 to 2024
(in U.S. dollars)
Characteristic
Average hourly earnings in U.S. dollars
2024
39.48
2023
37.35
2022
42.42
2021
41.23
2020
42.61
2019
37.78
2018
35.64
2017
34.02
2016
31.84
2015
29.9
2014
30.26
2013
29.64
2012
27.72
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (April 2, 2025). Average hourly earnings of all employees in the motion picture and sound recording industries in the United States from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 02, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184483/hourly-wages-in-us-motion-picture-and-recording-industries-since-2007/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average hourly earnings of all employees in the motion picture and sound recording industries in the United States from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. April 2, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184483/hourly-wages-in-us-motion-picture-and-recording-industries-since-2007/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2025). Average hourly earnings of all employees in the motion picture and sound recording industries in the United States from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 02, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/184483/hourly-wages-in-us-motion-picture-and-recording-industries-since-2007/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average Hourly Earnings of All Employees in The Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries in The United States from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184483/hourly-wages-in-us-motion-picture-and-recording-industries-since-2007/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average hourly earnings of all employees in the motion picture and sound recording industries in the United States from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/184483/hourly-wages-in-us-motion-picture-and-recording-industries-since-2007/ (last visited May 02, 2025)
Average hourly earnings of all employees in the motion picture and sound recording industries in the United States from 2007 to 2024 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, April 2, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184483/hourly-wages-in-us-motion-picture-and-recording-industries-since-2007/
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