Photographer Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Photographer positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$42,520
National average
Salary Range
$29,610 – $94,760
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Photographers Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $110,530 | $36,720 | $141,390 |
| Rochester, MN | $78,870 | $32,820 | $78,870 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $75,070 | $43,940 | $132,000 |
| Bend, OR | $72,760 | $35,360 | $99,630 |
| Springfield, MA | $64,880 | $37,400 | $98,690 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $63,340 | $40,080 | $104,520 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA | $60,910 | $37,860 | $99,110 |
| Massachusetts | $60,610 | $38,380 | $102,760 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $60,270 | $36,440 | $123,540 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $60,270 | $34,280 | $90,500 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $60,250 | $35,750 | $132,070 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $57,800 | $30,030 | $116,530 |
| New York | $57,700 | $35,380 | $123,540 |
| Fort Collins-Loveland, CO | $57,550 | $32,440 | $91,940 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $57,110 | $43,320 | $109,520 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $56,340 | $33,900 | $126,750 |
| Salem, OR | $56,190 | $32,140 | $215,160 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA | $55,900 | $36,640 | $121,850 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $55,840 | $36,200 | $104,290 |
| Oregon | $55,640 | $36,200 | $104,290 |
| Minnesota | $54,650 | $31,730 | $90,500 |
| Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area | $53,950 | $29,040 | $64,110 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $53,770 | $27,360 | $74,320 |
| Montgomery, AL | $53,640 | $23,090 | $75,290 |
| New Jersey | $50,760 | $33,880 | $94,550 |
| California | $50,610 | $35,750 | $131,250 |
| Lansing-East Lansing, MI | $50,590 | $31,370 | $81,000 |
| Springfield, MO | $50,380 | $28,850 | $78,350 |
| Delaware | $50,040 | $29,430 | $68,550 |
| Dover, DE | $50,040 | $29,020 | $62,400 |
| New Haven, CT | $49,920 | $37,520 | $93,430 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $49,770 | $33,430 | $76,480 |
| Rhode Island | $49,770 | $33,430 | $74,960 |
| Louisiana | $49,740 | $26,830 | $107,140 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $49,570 | $36,050 | $73,800 |
| Worcester, MA | $48,880 | $38,280 | $97,730 |
| Tucson, AZ | $48,530 | $31,060 | $97,160 |
| Manchester-Nashua, NH | $48,470 | $25,440 | $99,400 |
| Charleston-North Charleston, SC | $48,340 | $19,540 | $88,620 |
| Lafayette, LA | $48,320 | $23,920 | $82,620 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $48,290 | $28,140 | $75,890 |
| Connecticut | $48,260 | $37,150 | $86,690 |
| Trenton-Princeton, NJ | $48,250 | $32,730 | $83,690 |
| Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $48,250 | $32,160 | $69,300 |
| Waterbury-Shelton, CT | $48,190 | $32,640 | $59,360 |
| New Hampshire | $48,180 | $20,890 | $72,800 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $48,110 | $38,040 | $84,920 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $47,980 | $32,640 | $65,620 |
| Vallejo, CA | $47,740 | $36,400 | $75,310 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $47,720 | $31,100 | $97,840 |
| Boulder, CO | $47,660 | $37,930 | $90,430 |
| Utah | $47,610 | $31,330 | $75,610 |
| Tulsa, OK | $47,060 | $35,430 | $60,850 |
| Kahului-Wailuku, HI | $46,790 | $37,240 | $95,480 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA | $46,500 | $33,280 | $84,470 |
| Asheville, NC | $46,500 | $31,670 | $71,380 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $46,500 | $26,050 | $78,750 |
| Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT | $46,270 | $28,580 | $86,510 |
| Jackson, MS | $46,270 | $29,040 | $67,170 |
| Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area | $46,270 | $31,280 | $138,160 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $46,180 | $41,060 | $99,400 |
| Santa Fe, NM | $46,170 | $26,740 | $109,650 |
| North Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $46,060 | $20,220 | $85,870 |
| Stockton-Lodi, CA | $45,880 | $35,920 | $82,360 |
| Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL | $45,740 | $28,100 | $72,230 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $45,450 | $27,870 | $65,300 |
| Hawaii | $45,440 | $31,200 | $71,370 |
| Bozeman, MT | $45,410 | $25,630 | $120,640 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $45,310 | $33,100 | $77,620 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA | $45,230 | $36,240 | $82,800 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $45,190 | $31,200 | $64,990 |
| Eugene-Springfield, OR | $45,130 | $35,350 | $77,750 |
| Reno, NV | $45,070 | $27,070 | $75,120 |
| Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area | $44,920 | $29,750 | $63,420 |
| Maryland | $44,890 | $33,060 | $89,040 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $44,810 | $36,490 | $78,590 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $44,740 | $36,490 | $91,970 |
| Mississippi | $44,660 | $28,810 | $63,420 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | $44,610 | $31,620 | $77,960 |
| Maine | $44,610 | $34,240 | $75,590 |
| Washington | $44,580 | $35,690 | $80,080 |
| Lexington-Fayette, KY | $44,420 | $34,730 | $71,110 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $44,210 | $30,700 | $72,370 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $44,130 | $32,900 | $83,740 |
| Rochester, NY | $43,880 | $31,200 | $78,000 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $43,870 | $35,050 | $82,280 |
| Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA | $43,850 | $26,100 | $126,030 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $43,780 | $33,570 | $78,900 |
| Reading, PA | $43,770 | $27,930 | $72,240 |
| Bakersfield-Delano, CA | $43,630 | $34,270 | $89,120 |
| Richmond, VA | $43,580 | $29,020 | $98,020 |
| Colorado | $43,560 | $32,160 | $78,590 |
| Bellingham, WA | $43,560 | $35,520 | $63,690 |
| Virginia | $43,180 | $29,120 | $94,040 |
| Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $43,010 | $35,610 | $67,820 |
| Syracuse, NY | $42,840 | $31,340 | $77,900 |
| North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL | $42,710 | $29,540 | $71,710 |
| Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC | $42,710 | $20,450 | $75,350 |
| Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT | $42,700 | $37,500 | $76,850 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $42,080 | $29,640 | $78,040 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $42,030 | $34,510 | $77,830 |
| Kentucky | $42,000 | $21,310 | $63,930 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $41,790 | $30,720 | $89,610 |
| Lubbock, TX | $41,790 | $26,720 | $56,750 |
| Lancaster, PA | $41,690 | $31,250 | $65,470 |
| Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA | $41,600 | $30,140 | $78,660 |
| New Mexico | $41,600 | $31,220 | $145,580 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $41,600 | $33,330 | $155,370 |
| Lincoln, NE | $41,600 | $32,150 | $83,710 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $41,090 | $32,670 | $75,690 |
| Savannah, GA | $40,820 | $21,440 | $85,520 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $40,770 | $29,080 | $77,880 |
| Naples-Marco Island, FL | $40,390 | $29,850 | $88,250 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $40,250 | $21,990 | $89,080 |
| Ogden, UT | $40,180 | $16,950 | $74,940 |
| Madison, WI | $40,130 | $31,720 | $81,720 |
| Bowling Green, KY | $40,090 | $19,810 | $46,050 |
| Georgia | $40,050 | $20,200 | $81,500 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $40,010 | $32,970 | $78,330 |
| Flagstaff, AZ | $39,800 | $29,850 | $54,430 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $39,750 | $33,440 | $76,760 |
| Wyoming | $39,700 | $30,000 | $64,300 |
| Pennsylvania | $39,640 | $28,530 | $73,220 |
| La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN | $39,610 | $26,810 | $73,570 |
| Greeley, CO | $39,520 | $31,190 | $81,080 |
| Wisconsin | $39,440 | $30,720 | $79,690 |
| Fresno, CA | $39,350 | $33,850 | $87,690 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ | $39,140 | $30,600 | $72,320 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $39,070 | $29,990 | $70,290 |
| Nebraska | $39,020 | $28,120 | $72,370 |
| Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA | $38,920 | $35,520 | $79,240 |
| Amarillo, TX | $38,760 | $29,290 | $47,010 |
| Columbus, OH | $38,620 | $31,310 | $75,120 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $38,480 | $28,250 | $63,320 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $38,460 | $28,070 | $60,920 |
| North Carolina | $38,400 | $28,410 | $76,380 |
| Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN | $38,320 | $22,860 | $66,510 |
| Florida | $38,230 | $29,840 | $92,660 |
| Arizona | $38,210 | $31,000 | $97,130 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $38,080 | $29,590 | $91,180 |
| Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL | $38,060 | $27,240 | $92,660 |
| Birmingham, AL | $37,990 | $25,110 | $78,660 |
| Oklahoma | $37,920 | $20,120 | $60,320 |
| Roanoke, VA | $37,800 | $29,000 | $76,880 |
| Cedar Rapids, IA | $37,720 | $15,080 | $69,690 |
| Anchorage, AK | $37,610 | $34,840 | $52,240 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $37,560 | $31,000 | $95,180 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $37,500 | $30,490 | $75,800 |
| Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL | $37,460 | $29,850 | $69,950 |
| Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area | $37,440 | $29,990 | $71,560 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $37,420 | $19,880 | $61,540 |
| West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $37,330 | $23,990 | $46,500 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $37,280 | $29,120 | $76,100 |
| Missouri | $37,280 | $29,020 | $83,970 |
| Indiana | $37,270 | $26,940 | $60,100 |
| Colorado Springs, CO | $37,250 | $31,300 | $71,820 |
| South Georgia nonmetropolitan area | $37,230 | $32,190 | $55,810 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $37,170 | $29,640 | $84,290 |
| Boise City, ID | $37,160 | $29,910 | $111,470 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $36,980 | $30,280 | $61,210 |
| Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $36,960 | $23,510 | $49,410 |
| Idaho | $36,900 | $29,910 | $75,810 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA | $36,830 | $33,860 | $62,400 |
| San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR | $36,780 | $19,760 | $57,700 |
| Puerto Rico | $36,780 | $19,760 | $56,300 |
| Fort Wayne, IN | $36,770 | $27,160 | $54,830 |
| Texas | $36,760 | $21,150 | $60,530 |
| El Paso, TX | $36,700 | $23,440 | $58,050 |
| Billings, MT | $36,590 | $21,960 | $113,250 |
| Green Bay, WI | $36,540 | $28,850 | $88,730 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA | $36,460 | $15,080 | $81,250 |
| Iowa | $36,380 | $15,080 | $74,000 |
| Binghamton, NY | $36,330 | $31,200 | $46,600 |
| Wilmington, NC | $36,310 | $24,080 | $77,790 |
| Winston-Salem, NC | $36,230 | $35,290 | $68,640 |
| Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC | $36,200 | $27,890 | $72,120 |
| Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $36,200 | $23,510 | $70,630 |
| Alaska | $36,190 | $34,840 | $52,240 |
| Montana | $36,180 | $22,820 | $120,640 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $36,150 | $19,940 | $60,310 |
| Canton-Massillon, OH | $36,150 | $29,070 | $62,580 |
| Columbus, GA-AL | $36,150 | $19,470 | $67,430 |
| South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI | $36,080 | $25,850 | $49,440 |
| Corpus Christi, TX | $36,030 | $28,540 | $58,340 |
| Tennessee | $36,000 | $27,520 | $64,220 |
| Charlottesville, VA | $35,990 | $30,120 | $68,530 |
| Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area | $35,960 | $18,280 | $47,710 |
| Kansas | $35,930 | $29,100 | $57,570 |
| South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area | $35,900 | $29,990 | $56,250 |
| Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ | $35,860 | $31,470 | $77,960 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $35,850 | $27,380 | $61,390 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $35,810 | $23,490 | $66,980 |
| Knoxville, TN | $35,620 | $27,040 | $64,220 |
| Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL | $35,560 | $27,190 | $76,270 |
| Nevada | $35,560 | $26,790 | $67,870 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $35,550 | $17,540 | $60,420 |
| West Virginia | $35,470 | $28,120 | $47,620 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $35,410 | $28,890 | $66,770 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $35,280 | $34,070 | $86,650 |
| Spartanburg, SC | $35,250 | $19,020 | $64,710 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $35,180 | $26,140 | $65,170 |
| Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC | $35,160 | $18,730 | $77,880 |
| South Dakota | $35,150 | $30,950 | $58,460 |
| Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL | $35,150 | $21,840 | $62,860 |
| Rockford, IL | $35,140 | $29,120 | $56,790 |
| Alabama | $35,140 | $23,760 | $71,340 |
| North Dakota | $35,090 | $30,650 | $54,950 |
| Fargo, ND-MN | $35,090 | $30,440 | $61,270 |
| Toledo, OH | $35,000 | $24,550 | $60,780 |
| Fayetteville, NC | $34,960 | $29,220 | $50,920 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $34,950 | $29,120 | $65,140 |
| Anniston-Oxford, AL | $34,890 | $29,820 | $54,110 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $34,890 | $25,760 | $56,800 |
| South Carolina | $34,870 | $18,770 | $64,080 |
| Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL | $34,630 | $26,630 | $48,630 |
| Illinois | $34,600 | $29,120 | $62,360 |
| Wichita, KS | $34,530 | $29,220 | $50,470 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $34,430 | $23,990 | $72,080 |
| Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL | $34,270 | $29,530 | $62,700 |
| Grand Junction, CO | $34,270 | $29,990 | $56,250 |
| Columbia, SC | $34,220 | $18,470 | $53,110 |
| College Station-Bryan, TX | $34,190 | $17,480 | $49,010 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $34,110 | $28,110 | $63,060 |
| Ohio | $33,990 | $29,360 | $62,160 |
| Gainesville, FL | $33,900 | $28,790 | $67,070 |
| Huntsville, AL | $33,900 | $27,010 | $69,960 |
| Arkansas | $33,850 | $23,670 | $59,170 |
| Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR | $33,850 | $23,670 | $64,020 |
| Killeen-Temple, TX | $33,750 | $17,740 | $42,490 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area | $33,520 | $21,790 | $48,220 |
| East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area | $33,230 | $27,840 | $45,320 |
| Akron, OH | $33,190 | $29,990 | $68,320 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC | $32,990 | $19,720 | $48,020 |
| Tallahassee, FL | $32,940 | $27,640 | $85,190 |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) | $32,900 | $22,610 | $48,660 |
| Mobile, AL | $32,400 | $23,280 | $63,420 |
| South Florida nonmetropolitan area | $31,690 | $27,870 | $77,960 |
| Chattanooga, TN-GA | $31,360 | $19,040 | $56,720 |
| Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $31,340 | $23,510 | $54,830 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL | $31,200 | $30,660 | $64,100 |
| Youngstown-Warren, OH | $31,200 | $28,250 | $61,410 |
| Springfield, IL | $31,180 | $29,120 | $61,130 |
| Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area | $30,900 | $28,730 | $63,190 |
| Cleveland, OH | $30,710 | $30,710 | $60,930 |
| Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area | $29,360 | $28,140 | $49,410 |
| Peoria, IL | $29,150 | $29,120 | $62,120 |
| Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area | $29,120 | $29,120 | $47,250 |
| McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX | $28,110 | $19,460 | $43,720 |
| Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area | $20,890 | $15,080 | $63,090 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Photographer make?▾
The median annual salary for a Photographer is $42,520, with a typical range of $29,610 – $94,760 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Photographer?▾
Entry-level Photographer positions typically start around $29,610 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Photographers earn the most?▾
Photographers tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.
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