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Photographers Salary in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California

The annual salary statistics of photographers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of photographers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Photographers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$23,700
25th Percentile Wage
$24,910
50th Percentile Wage
$56,870
75th Percentile Wage
$65,720
90th Percentile Wage
$74,780

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for photographers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,780. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $56,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,700.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of photographers from 2012 to 2019. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2019
$56,870
21.86% 21.86%
2018
$44,440
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Table 2. Compare Photographers Salary in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $56,870 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is in the middle of salary range for photographers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of photographers in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is 11.5 percent (11.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 64.9 percent (64.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$64,250
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$64,020
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$62,400
Fresno
$60,590
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$58,950
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$58,260
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$56,870
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$56,150
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$54,980
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$54,240
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$49,980
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$48,710
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$46,170
Salinas
$45,840
Stockton
$44,510
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$43,600
Vallejo-Fairfield
$42,930
Bakersfield-Delano
$40,630
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$39,910
Modesto
$37,090
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$34,330
Chico
$32,830
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$22,050
Visalia-Porterville
$21,320
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$19,940

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