The annual salary statistics of photographers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of photographers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $39,190 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,140 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $62,400 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $90,200 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $108,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for photographers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $108,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $62,400. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,190.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of photographers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $62,400 | 5.29% | 35.35% |
| 2021 | $59,100 | -15.08% | - |
| 2020 | $68,010 | 11.60% | - |
| 2019 | $60,120 | -8.47% | - |
| 2018 | $65,210 | 31.15% | - |
| 2017 | $44,900 | -0.69% | - |
| 2016 | $45,210 | 7.39% | - |
| 2015 | $41,870 | 4.47% | - |
| 2014 | $40,000 | -0.85% | - |
| 2012 | $40,340 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $62,400 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for photographers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of photographers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 2.9 percent (2.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 68.0 percent (68.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville.