Creative Media & Audio Freelance Evidence Hub
Compare production, photography, video, audio, and performance-support roles without treating project formats as wage occupations.
Catalog coverage
10 core occupations · 198 searchable aliases · 10 records with official U.S. percentile evidence
Official employee-wage P50 range among those empirical records: $21.47–$36.26/hr. This is a catalog range, not an observed freelancer-rate distribution.
Occupation evidence
| Core occupation | Evidence anchor | Mapping | Source vintage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audio Engineer | $35.16/hr employee P50 | Direct official occupation match | May 2025 |
| Colorist | $36.26/hr employee P50 | Strong official occupation proxy | May 2025 |
| Drone Operator | $36.05/hr employee P50 | Context-only U.S. occupation proxy | May 2025 |
| Livestream Producer | $36.26/hr employee P50 | Context-only U.S. occupation proxy | May 2025 |
| Photographer | $21.47/hr employee P50 | Direct official occupation match | May 2025 |
| Podcast Producer | $36.26/hr employee P50 | Context-only U.S. occupation proxy | May 2025 |
| Sound Designer | $35.16/hr employee P50 | Strong official occupation proxy | May 2025 |
| Translator / Localizer | $28.93/hr employee P50 | Direct official occupation match | May 2025 |
| Video Editor | $36.26/hr employee P50 | Direct official occupation match | May 2025 |
| Videographer | $36.05/hr employee P50 | Direct official occupation match | May 2025 |
How to use this category
Choose the closest core occupation, then inspect its national occupation mapping and limitation. TransparentRate applies the provisional ×1.75 planning coefficient once; it does not add an experience, client-market, geography, purchasing-power, or category premium.
Why aliases do not get separate pages
Tool names, specialties, and near-synonymous job titles resolve to these core occupations inside the calculator. Keeping one evidence page per selected core occupation avoids thin duplicate landing pages and keeps source corrections centralized.