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
Hourly Rate Distribution
10th Percentile
$29,610
25th Percentile
$34,790
Median
$42,520
75th Percentile
$62,370
90th Percentile
$94,760
Salary by State
Highest Paying States
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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
Highest Paying Metros
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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 |