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Last updated: April 16, 2024
Sight Effects Specialist Salary
in Columbia, South Carolina
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$66,918 (USD)
Average Salary
$32/hr
Average Hourly
$1,405
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Sight Effects Specialist is $66,918 a year and $32 an hour in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for a Sight Effects Specialist is between $47,311 and $81,038. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Columbia, South Carolina.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Estimated salary in 2029:
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5 Year Change:
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About Columbia, South Carolina
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Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. It is the center of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 858,302 in 2023, and is the 70th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States. The name Columbia is a poetic term used for the United States, derived from the name of Christopher Columbus, who explored...
Job Summary
Description:
- Provides special stage lighting and sight effects for theatrical performances and directs electrical crew engaged in installing and arranging lighting and wiring equipment: studies work drawings of stage sets showing light details.
- Confers with producing personnel and studies continuity script to determine lighting of sets and special sight effects desired.
- Suggests changes and orders special mechanical stage contrivances to obtain mobile or stationary sight effects, such as forests burning, oceans rolling, or other scenic effects.
- Attaches stereopticon lens on lamp and operates lamp from rear of stage to project pictures of desired effects on scrim (transparent curtain), following cue sheet.
- Directs crew in setting up and arranging electrical equipment and lights for use on stage and in theater.
- May originate designs for artistic lighting of sets.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Sight Effects Specialist is $66,918 a year and $32 an hour in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. The average salary range for a Sight Effects Specialist is between $47,311 and $81,038. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Columbia, South Carolina.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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Sight Effects Specialist Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Audio and Video Technicians
Job family population: 56,110
Estimated population of Sight Effects Specialist jobs: 5,852
Rate of error: 2.6%
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About Columbia, South Carolina
Columbia Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Columbia is the capital city of the U.S. state of South Carolina. With a population of 136,632 at the 2020 census, it is the second-most populous city in South Carolina. The city serves as the county seat of Richland County, and a portion of the city extends into neighboring Lexington County. It is the center of the Columbia, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area, which had an estimated population of 858,302 in 2023, and is the 70th-most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States. The name Columbia is a poetic term used for the United States, derived from the name of Christopher Columbus, who explored...
Job Summary
Description:
- Provides special stage lighting and sight effects for theatrical performances and directs electrical crew engaged in installing and arranging lighting and wiring equipment: studies work drawings of stage sets showing light details.
- Confers with producing personnel and studies continuity script to determine lighting of sets and special sight effects desired.
- Suggests changes and orders special mechanical stage contrivances to obtain mobile or stationary sight effects, such as forests burning, oceans rolling, or other scenic effects.
- Attaches stereopticon lens on lamp and operates lamp from rear of stage to project pictures of desired effects on scrim (transparent curtain), following cue sheet.
- Directs crew in setting up and arranging electrical equipment and lights for use on stage and in theater.
- May originate designs for artistic lighting of sets.
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