Whether you're interested in working in feature film, television, or news production, Los Angeles has companies for you to find your next production job. Television production in Los Angeles is currently outpacing feature film production by a factor of 4-to-1, according to Deadline. In 2016, Los Angeles recorded just over 4,400 shooting days for major TV productions in the third quarter alone.

Most people who start careers in production start out as either a production assistant or assistant. Production assistants have numerous duties, from giving out schedules, to helping with crowd control, to wrangling actors. This position gives you the opportunity to network with other crew members. If you perform well, these crew members will usually bring you onto their future projects.

Others start their production careers out as traditional assistants, such as the assistant to a director, producer, cinematographer, or writer. This position allows you to experience the life of your boss first-hand. Sometimes, these assistant positions turn into apprenticeships, where your boss will teach you the necessary skills of the trade. These tend to be the most valuable assistant positions.

According to Glassdoor, some of the highest-rated production companies in Los Angeles include Disney, Sony, NBCUniversal, Warner Brothers, Paramount, and 20th Century Fox.

The top ranked schools in Los Angeles with programs and degrees in production are University of Southern California (USC, $49,464 per year, out-of-state), American Film Institute (AFI, $47,030 per year, out-of-state), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA, $51,990 per year, out-of-state), and California Institute of the Arts ($43,400 per year, out-of-state), according to rankings published by the Hollywood Reporter and Hack College in 2016.

Some of the top cities for finding jobs in production tend to be Los Angeles, NYC, Chicago, San Francisco, and Miami. You could build a successful career in production in any one of these cities. However, out of those cities, Los Angeles ranks first in terms of the total number of production jobs available and the average level of salaries in the field. Among those cities, about 18% of all production jobs are located in Los Angeles.

In Los Angeles, the most popular production jobs are Production Assistants, Producers, Cinematographers, Editors, Set Designers, Directors, and Writers.

Professionals working in production in Los Angeles also tend to work in the following industries, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Advertising, Design, Online/New Media, Marketing, Blog or Vlog Production.

The following are estimates of salaries and wages for production jobs in Los Angeles, which were compiled from Salary.com, Glassdoor, and the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics:

Senior Videographers - $66,000 per year, or $31.73 per hour

Art Directors - $126,000 per year, or $60.58 per hour

Broadcast Technicians - $50,000 per year, or $24.04 per hour

Producer and Directors - $136,000 per year, or $65.38 per hour

Production Assistants - $32,000 per year, or $15.38 per hour

Animators - $73,000 per year, or $35.10 per hour

Media Production Directors - $153,000 per year, or $73.56 per hour

Creative Directors - $124,000 per year, or $59.62 per hour

Art Director Assistants - $85,000 per year, or $40.87 per hour

Actor - $33,000 per year, or $15.87 per hour

Sound Engineers - $43,000 per year, or $20.67 per hour

Graphic Designers - $56,000 per year, or $26.92 per hour

Set Designers - $77,000 per year, or $37.02 per hour

Cinematographers and Photographers - $72,000 per year, or $34.62 per hour

Writers and Authors - $83,000 per year, or $39.90 per hour

Editors - $112,000 per year, or $53.85 per hour

Media Production Managers - $84,000 per year, or $40.38 per hour

Multimedia Artists, Animators, and CGI Artists - $86,000 per year, or $41.35 per hour