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Photographers Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of photographers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of photographers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$34,970
25th Percentile Wage	$43,540
50th Percentile Wage	$59,990
75th Percentile Wage	$83,460
90th Percentile Wage	$124,990

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for photographers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $124,990. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,990. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $34,970.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

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	$59,990	7.03%	31.77%
2021	$55,770	-11.08%	-
2020	$61,950	14.37%	-
2019	$53,050	24.90%	-
2018	$39,840	0.43%	-
2017	$39,670	-20.62%	-
2016	$47,850	-4.45%	-
2015	$49,980	10.78%	-
2014	$44,590	3.72%	-
2013	$42,930	4.66%	-
2012	$40,930	-	-

Table 2. Compare Photographers Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $59,990, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for photographers in state of New York, followed by Central East New York nonmetropolitan area (median annual salary $51,890). In comparison, the median annual salary of photographers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 13.5 percent (13.5%) higher than that in Central East New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$59,990
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$51,890
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$50,770
Syracuse	$43,980
Rochester	$41,450
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$40,700
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$37,590
Binghamton	$33,350
Nassau-Suffolk	$27,860
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$27,370
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$25,750
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$20,050
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$18,550