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What photographers make
Median
$50,000
Lower end
$36,000
Upper end
$101,000
Job Bank's national median is $24.04 an hour, about $50,000 a year at full-time hours. The lower end ($17.50) and upper end ($48.63) are the bottom and top of the range for everyone in the group. The median hides a lot: an employed studio photographer gets a steady cheque, while a self-employed one bills by the job and then pays for gear, insurance, software and the weeks with no work.