27 Series · SOC 27-4021

Photographers

National salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2024)

Median Salary

$42,520

per year

Median Hourly

$20.44/hr

per hour

Mean Salary

$55,650

average

Employment

51,230

jobs nationwide

Salary Range

Annual Salary Distribution

$29,610$34,790$42,520$62,370$94,760
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

Hourly Rate Distribution

$14.23$16.73$20.44$29.99$45.56
10th pct25thMedian75th90th pct

10th Percentile

$29,610

25th Percentile

$34,790

Median

$42,520

75th Percentile

$62,370

90th Percentile

$94,760

Salary by State

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# State Median Salary vs National
1 District of Columbia $110,530 +160% above national
2 Massachusetts $60,610 +43% above national
3 New York $57,700 +36% above national
4 Oregon $55,640 +31% above national
5 Minnesota $54,650 +29% above national
6 New Jersey $50,760 +19% above national
7 California $50,610 +19% above national
8 Delaware $50,040 +18% above national
9 Rhode Island $49,770 +17% above national
10 Louisiana $49,740 +17% above national
11 Connecticut $48,260 +13% above national
12 New Hampshire $48,180 +13% above national
13 Utah $47,610 +12% above national
14 Hawaii $45,440 +7% above national
15 Maryland $44,890 +6% above national
16 Mississippi $44,660 +5% above national
17 Maine $44,610 +5% above national
18 Washington $44,580 +5% above national
19 Colorado $43,560 +2% above national
20 Virginia $43,180 +2% above national
21 Kentucky $42,000 1% below national
22 New Mexico $41,600 2% below national
23 Georgia $40,050 6% below national
24 Wyoming $39,700 7% below national
25 Pennsylvania $39,640 7% below national
26 Wisconsin $39,440 7% below national
27 Nebraska $39,020 8% below national
28 North Carolina $38,400 10% below national
29 Florida $38,230 10% below national
30 Arizona $38,210 10% below national
31 Oklahoma $37,920 11% below national
32 Missouri $37,280 12% below national
33 Indiana $37,270 12% below national
34 Idaho $36,900 13% below national
35 Puerto Rico $36,780 13% below national
36 Texas $36,760 14% below national
37 Iowa $36,380 14% below national
38 Alaska $36,190 15% below national
39 Montana $36,180 15% below national
40 Tennessee $36,000 15% below national
41 Kansas $35,930 15% below national
42 Nevada $35,560 16% below national
43 West Virginia $35,470 17% below national
44 South Dakota $35,150 17% below national
45 Alabama $35,140 17% below national
46 North Dakota $35,090 17% below national
47 South Carolina $34,870 18% below national
48 Illinois $34,600 19% below national
49 Ohio $33,990 20% below national
50 Arkansas $33,850 20% below national

Salary by Metro Area

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# Metro Area Median Salary vs National
1 Rochester, MN $78,870 +85% above national
2 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $75,070 +77% above national
3 Bend, OR $72,760 +71% above national
4 Springfield, MA $64,880 +53% above national
5 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH $63,340 +49% above national
6 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $60,910 +43% above national
7 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI $60,270 +42% above national
8 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ $60,270 +42% above national
9 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA $60,250 +42% above national
10 New Orleans-Metairie, LA $57,800 +36% above national
11 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO $57,550 +35% above national
12 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT $57,110 +34% above national
13 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV $56,340 +33% above national
14 Salem, OR $56,190 +32% above national
15 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $55,900 +31% above national
16 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA $55,840 +31% above national
17 Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area $53,950 +27% above national
18 Baton Rouge, LA $53,770 +26% above national
19 Montgomery, AL $53,640 +26% above national
20 Lansing-East Lansing, MI $50,590 +19% above national
21 Springfield, MO $50,380 +18% above national
22 Dover, DE $50,040 +18% above national
23 New Haven, CT $49,920 +17% above national
24 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $49,770 +17% above national
25 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT $49,570 +17% above national
26 Worcester, MA $48,880 +15% above national
27 Tucson, AZ $48,530 +14% above national
28 Manchester-Nashua, NH $48,470 +14% above national
29 Charleston-North Charleston, SC $48,340 +14% above national
30 Lafayette, LA $48,320 +14% above national
31 Greensboro-High Point, NC $48,290 +14% above national
32 Trenton-Princeton, NJ $48,250 +13% above national
33 Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $48,250 +13% above national
34 Waterbury-Shelton, CT $48,190 +13% above national
35 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $48,110 +13% above national
36 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT $47,980 +13% above national
37 Vallejo, CA $47,740 +12% above national
38 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL $47,720 +12% above national
39 Boulder, CO $47,660 +12% above national
40 Tulsa, OK $47,060 +11% above national
41 Kahului-Wailuku, HI $46,790 +10% above national
42 Asheville, NC $46,500 +9% above national
43 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC $46,500 +9% above national
44 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA $46,500 +9% above national
45 Jackson, MS $46,270 +9% above national
46 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT $46,270 +9% above national
47 Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area $46,270 +9% above national
48 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $46,180 +9% above national
49 Santa Fe, NM $46,170 +9% above national
50 North Georgia nonmetropolitan area $46,060 +8% above national
51 Stockton-Lodi, CA $45,880 +8% above national
52 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL $45,740 +8% above national
53 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $45,450 +7% above national
54 Bozeman, MT $45,410 +7% above national
55 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD $45,310 +7% above national
56 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA $45,230 +6% above national
57 Urban Honolulu, HI $45,190 +6% above national
58 Eugene-Springfield, OR $45,130 +6% above national
59 Reno, NV $45,070 +6% above national
60 Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area $44,920 +6% above national
61 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO $44,810 +5% above national
62 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA $44,740 +5% above national
63 Portland-South Portland, ME $44,610 +5% above national
64 Lexington-Fayette, KY $44,420 +4% above national
65 Omaha, NE-IA $44,210 +4% above national
66 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD $44,130 +4% above national
67 Rochester, NY $43,880 +3% above national
68 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA $43,870 +3% above national
69 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA $43,850 +3% above national
70 Raleigh-Cary, NC $43,780 +3% above national
71 Reading, PA $43,770 +3% above national
72 Bakersfield-Delano, CA $43,630 +3% above national
73 Richmond, VA $43,580 +2% above national
74 Bellingham, WA $43,560 +2% above national
75 Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area $43,010 +1% above national
76 Syracuse, NY $42,840 +1% above national
77 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC $42,710 same as national
78 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL $42,710 same as national
79 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT $42,700 same as national
80 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA $42,080 1% below national
81 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $42,030 1% below national
82 Lubbock, TX $41,790 2% below national
83 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL $41,790 2% below national
84 Lancaster, PA $41,690 2% below national
85 Albuquerque, NM $41,600 2% below national
86 Lincoln, NE $41,600 2% below national
87 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA $41,600 2% below national
88 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY $41,090 3% below national
89 Savannah, GA $40,820 4% below national
90 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN $40,770 4% below national
91 Naples-Marco Island, FL $40,390 5% below national
92 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA $40,250 5% below national
93 Ogden, UT $40,180 6% below national
94 Madison, WI $40,130 6% below national
95 Bowling Green, KY $40,090 6% below national
96 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY $40,010 6% below national
97 Flagstaff, AZ $39,800 6% below national
98 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI $39,750 7% below national
99 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN $39,610 7% below national
100 Greeley, CO $39,520 7% below national
101 Fresno, CA $39,350 7% below national
102 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ $39,140 8% below national
103 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC $39,070 8% below national
104 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA $38,920 8% below national
105 Amarillo, TX $38,760 9% below national
106 Columbus, OH $38,620 9% below national
107 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX $38,480 10% below national
108 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN $38,460 10% below national
109 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN $38,320 10% below national
110 Jacksonville, FL $38,080 10% below national
111 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL $38,060 10% below national
112 Birmingham, AL $37,990 11% below national
113 Roanoke, VA $37,800 11% below national
114 Cedar Rapids, IA $37,720 11% below national
115 Anchorage, AK $37,610 12% below national
116 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ $37,560 12% below national
117 Kansas City, MO-KS $37,500 12% below national
118 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL $37,460 12% below national
119 Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area $37,440 12% below national
120 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX $37,420 12% below national
121 West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $37,330 12% below national
122 St. Louis, MO-IL $37,280 12% below national
123 Colorado Springs, CO $37,250 12% below national
124 South Georgia nonmetropolitan area $37,230 12% below national
125 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL $37,170 13% below national
126 Boise City, ID $37,160 13% below national
127 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH $36,980 13% below national
128 Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area $36,960 13% below national
129 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA $36,830 13% below national
130 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR $36,780 13% below national
131 Fort Wayne, IN $36,770 14% below national
132 El Paso, TX $36,700 14% below national
133 Billings, MT $36,590 14% below national
134 Green Bay, WI $36,540 14% below national
135 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA $36,460 14% below national
136 Binghamton, NY $36,330 15% below national
137 Wilmington, NC $36,310 15% below national
138 Winston-Salem, NC $36,230 15% below national
139 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC $36,200 15% below national
140 Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area $36,200 15% below national
141 Canton-Massillon, OH $36,150 15% below national
142 Columbus, GA-AL $36,150 15% below national
143 Oklahoma City, OK $36,150 15% below national
144 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI $36,080 15% below national
145 Corpus Christi, TX $36,030 15% below national
146 Charlottesville, VA $35,990 15% below national
147 Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area $35,960 15% below national
148 South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area $35,900 16% below national
149 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ $35,860 16% below national
150 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX $35,850 16% below national
151 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $35,810 16% below national
152 Knoxville, TN $35,620 16% below national
153 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL $35,560 16% below national
154 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX $35,550 16% below national
155 Memphis, TN-MS-AR $35,410 17% below national
156 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY $35,280 17% below national
157 Spartanburg, SC $35,250 17% below national
158 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV $35,180 17% below national
159 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC $35,160 17% below national
160 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL $35,150 17% below national
161 Rockford, IL $35,140 17% below national
162 Fargo, ND-MN $35,090 17% below national
163 Toledo, OH $35,000 18% below national
164 Fayetteville, NC $34,960 18% below national
165 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN $34,950 18% below national
166 Anniston-Oxford, AL $34,890 18% below national
167 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR $34,890 18% below national
168 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL $34,630 19% below national
169 Wichita, KS $34,530 19% below national
170 Pittsburgh, PA $34,430 19% below national
171 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL $34,270 19% below national
172 Grand Junction, CO $34,270 19% below national
173 Columbia, SC $34,220 20% below national
174 College Station-Bryan, TX $34,190 20% below national
175 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC $34,110 20% below national
176 Gainesville, FL $33,900 20% below national
177 Huntsville, AL $33,900 20% below national
178 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR $33,850 20% below national
179 Killeen-Temple, TX $33,750 21% below national
180 Kansas nonmetropolitan area $33,520 21% below national
181 East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area $33,230 22% below national
182 Akron, OH $33,190 22% below national
183 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC $32,990 22% below national
184 Tallahassee, FL $32,940 23% below national
185 North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $32,900 23% below national
186 Mobile, AL $32,400 24% below national
187 South Florida nonmetropolitan area