Social Services
Motion Picture Projectionists
Set up and operate motion picture projection and related sound reproduction equipment.
Median salary
$38,180
Typical range
$24k – $82k
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Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Motion Picture Projectionists
Entry / Junior
$24,160
~2 yrs to advance
Motion Picture Projectionists
Established
$38,180
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Motion Picture Projectionists
Senior
$60,110
Key skills
A typical day
- •Monitor operations to ensure that standards for sound and image projection quality are met.
- •Start projectors and open shutters to project images onto screens.
- •Open and close facilities according to rules and schedules.
- •Operate equipment to show films in a number of theaters simultaneously.
- •Perform regular maintenance tasks, such as rotating or replacing xenon bulbs, cleaning projectors and lenses, lubricating machinery, and keeping electrical contacts clean and tight.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Social Services
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Chicago5% admit · $91,000 grad pay
- Columbia University4% admit · $103,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
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