Photography salary: $145K median
The median advertised Photography salary is $145K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $108K to $185K: counted from 53 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $70 an hour or $12,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $223K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Photography jobs
$145Kmedian advertised salary
$108K – $185Kmiddle half of roles
$152Kaverage advertised salary
53roles counted
Photography salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $190K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸California | $168K | 24 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $145K | 49 |
Skills that pay more for Photography roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social media marketing | $182K | +$38K | 5 |
| Performance marketing | $172K | +$28K | 5 |
| Content marketing | $170K | +$25K | 5 |
| Illustration | $166K | +$22K | 15 |
| Brand design | $166K | +$22K | 23 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|
Highest-paying open Photography roles
All Photography jobs- Senior Staff Engineer: 3D ReconstructionAechelon Technology · 🇺🇸South San Francisco, CA$280K - $310KLead and abovePythonC++Jira
- Creative Director [Contract or Full-time]Glossier · 🇺🇸New York, NY$235K - $305KLead and aboveBrand designPhotographyVisual merchandising
- Principal Brand DesignerSnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$225K - $280KHybridLead and aboveFigmaGenerative AILLM evaluation
- Engineering Manager - AutonomySkydio · 🇺🇸San Mateo, California, United States$170K - $276KHybridComputer VisionPhotographyControl systems
- Creative DirectorConfido · 🇺🇸NYC Office$230K - $270KLead and aboveFigmaBrand designVideo editing
- Creative Director, Marketing CampaignsSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$212K - $263KLead and abovePhotographyCopywriting
- Staff Brand DesignerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$181K - $249KLead and aboveFigmaBrand designTypography
- Staff Brand DesignerHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$181K - $249KLead and aboveFigmaBrand designTypography
- Director of MarketingEver · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$180K - $240KLead and aboveLLMVideo editingPhotography
- Executive Producer - Brand CreativeMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$170K - $237KRemotePhotography
- Senior Art Director - CampaignsPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$167K - $230KHybridLead and aboveFigmaAdobe Creative CloudMotion design
- Events and Social Media Marketing ManagerMuon Space · Remote$146K - $219KRemoteHubSpotGoogle WorkspaceAdobe Creative Cloud
- Head of Brand DesignIntro · 🇺🇸Venice Beach, CA$165K - $210KHybridLead and aboveFigmaBrand designTypography
- Senior Communications DesignerTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$105K - $205KSeniorFigmaBrand designTypography
- Senior 3D Technical Artist/Creative TechnologistGeneralrobotics · 🇺🇸Redmond, WA$155K - $205KSeniorPythonC++Azure
- Global Web ProducerTools For Humanity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$175K - $205KLLMFigmaLooker
- Lead Brand DesignerIterable · 🇺🇸REMOTE - US$140K - $200KRemoteLead and aboveFigmaSnowflakeGenerative AI
- Lead Brand Designer, WebCheckr · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States$167K - $196KLead and aboveFigmaHTMLCSS
- Creative ProducerAdyen · 🇺🇸San Francisco$145K - $195KPhotographyPerformance marketingReconciliations
- Brand Design LeadTonal · 🇺🇸Austin, TX$150K - $195KHybridLead and aboveBrand designTypographyPhotography
Questions about Photography pay
- What is the average Photography salary?
- $152K a year on average and $145K at the median, across 53 open Photography postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $108K to $185K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
- Is a photography a high-paying job?
- The median Photography posting advertises $145K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 17% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a photography?
- A tenth of the postings offer $223K a year or more; the highest open Photography role advertises up to $310K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Photography salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $145K a year is about $70 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $52 to $89 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Photography roles?
- Postings that ask for Social media marketing (+$38K, 5 postings), Performance marketing (+$28K, 5 postings), Content marketing (+$25K, 5 postings) advertise more than the $145K median of all Photography postings with pay.
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The median advertised salary for Photography roles at companies is $145K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $108K to $185K. Counted from 53 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/photography/
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