If you are looking for video production jobs, Los Angeles might be one of the best places to live. The city produces projects year-round across all entertainment mediums, including film, TV, news, documentaries, and web series. In addition, the city's growing start-up community frequently hires video production professionals for corporate videos and brand campaigns.

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

The top ranked schools in Los Angeles with programs and degrees in video 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.

According to Glassdoor, some of the highest-rated video production companies in Los Angeles include Netflix, ABC, Hulu, FOX, CBS, and NBC.

Those looking to break into video production take different paths. Some start out as editors or assistant editors on a production, and then are later promoted to producer or director if they perform well. Some start out as production assistants or camera assistants. Still others begin their careers making independent productions entirely on their own, and then eventually go to work for a media company or studio. The area of highest growth in video production, and the job market, is for online video production, which can include everything from web series to corporate YouTube campaigns.

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

Professionals working in video production in Los Angeles also tend to work in the following industries, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics: Design, Advertising, Marketing, Corporate Videos/Presentations, Technology-Media Companies, Online and New Media.

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

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

Reporter I - $37,000 per year, or $17.79 per hour

Reporter II - $43,000 per year, or $20.67 per hour

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

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

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

Creative Managers - $91,000 per year, or $43.75 per hour

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

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