What salary are fellow photogs making?
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| Rank |
DMA
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LowSalary
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HighSalary |
| 1 | New York NY | $85,000.00 | $125,000.00 |
| 2 | Los Angeles | $80,000.00 | $100,000.00 |
| 3 | Chicago, IL | $57,000.00 | $100,000.00 |
| 4 | Philadelphia, PA | $27,000.00 | $88,000.00 |
| 5 | San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose, CA | $45,000.00 | $70,000.00 |
| 7 | Dallas - Ft. Worth, TX | $33,000.00 | $55,000.00 |
| 8 | Washington, DC | $50,000.00 | $125,000.00 |
| 9 | Detroit, MI | $65,000.00 | $110,000.00 |
| 10 | Atlanta, GA | $30,000.00 | $50,000.00 |
| 11 | Houston, TX | $45,000.00 | $55,000.00 |
| 12 | Seattle - Tacoma, WA | $30,000.00 | $42,000.00 |
| 13 | Minneapolis, MN | $24,000.00 | $65,000.00 |
| 14 | Tampa - St. Petersburg - Sarasota, FL | $28,500.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 15 | Cleveland, OH | $30,000.00 | $60,000.00 |
| 16 | Miami - Ft. Lauderdale, FL | $25,000.00 | $65,000.00 |
| 17 | Phoenix, AZ | $31,000.00 | $41,000.00 |
| 18 | Denver, CO | $43,500.00 | $53,000.00 |
| 19 | Sacramento - Stockton - Modesto, CA | $31,000.00 | $40,000.00 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh, PA | $16,500.00 | $70,000.00 |
| 21 | Orlando - Daytona Beach - Melbourne, FL | $28,000.00 | $40,000.00 |
| 22 | St. Louis, MO | $28,000.00 | $60,000.00 |
| 23 | Portland, OR | $34,000.00 | $60,000.00 |
| 24 | Baltimore, MD | $23,000.00 | $60,000.00 |
| 25 | San Diego, CA | $30,000.00 | $75,000.00 |
| 27 | Hartford - New Haven, CT | $25,000.00 | $44,000.00 |
| 28 | Charlotte, NC | $21,000.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 29 | Raleigh - Durham, NC | $25,000.00 | $38,000.00 |
| 30 | Kansas City, MO | $27,000.00 | $55,000.00 |
| 31 | Nashville, TN | $19,000.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 33 | Milwaukee, WI | $25,000.00 | $65,000.00 |
| 34 | Columbus, OH | $22,000.00 | $55,000.00 |
| 35 | Greenville - Spartanburg, SC / Asheville, NC / Anderson, SC | $18,000.00 | $30,000.00 |
| 36 | Salt Lake City, UT | $23,000.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 37 | San Antonio, TX | $26,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 38 | Grand Rapids - Kalamazoo - Battle Creek, MI | $18,500.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 39 | Birmingham, AL | $19,000.00 | $40,000.00 |
| 40 | Memphis, TN | $24,000.00 | $36,000.00 |
| 41 | Norfolk - Portsmouth - Newport News, VA | $23,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 42 | New Orleans, LA | $28,000.00 | $60,000.00 |
| 43 | West Palm Beach - Fort Pierce, FL | $26,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 44 | Buffalo, NY | $20,500.00 | $37,000.00 |
| 45 | Oklahoma City, OK | $23,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 46 | Harrisburg - Lancaster - Lebanon - York, PA | $21,000.00 | $25,000.00 |
| 47 | Greensboro - High Point - Winston Salem, NC | $22,500.00 | $37,000.00 |
| 48 | Louisville, KY | $20,000.00 | $40,000.00 |
| 50 | Albuquerque - Santa Fe, NM | $22,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 51 | Las Vegas, NV | $31,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 52 | Wilkes Barre - Scranton, PA | $16,500.00 | $0.00 |
| 53 | Jacksonville, FL / Brunswick, GA | $21,000.00 | $24,000.00 |
| 54 | Fresno - Visalia, CA | $19,200.00 | $48,000.00 |
| 55 | Dayton, OH | $18,000.00 | $27,000.00 |
| 56 | Albany - Schnectady - Troy, NY | $19,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 57 | Little Rock - Pine Bluff, AR | $14,000.00 | $40,000.00 |
| 58 | Austin, TX | $18,000.00 | $40,000.00 |
| 60 | Richmond - Petersburg, VA | $19,000.00 | $32,000.00 |
| 61 | Charleston - Huntington, WV | $19,000.00 | $24,000.00 |
| 62 | Mobile, AL / Pensacola, FL | $22,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 63 | Knoxville, TN | $17,000.00 | $30,000.00 |
| 65 | Wichita - Hutchinson, KS | $17,000.00 | $24,000.00 |
| 66 | Lexington, KY | $20,500.00 | $30,000.00 |
| 67 | Toledo, OH | $19,500.00 | $0.00 |
| 68 | Roanoke - Lynchburg, VA | $19,500.00 | $25,000.00 |
| 69 | Green Bay - Appleton, WI | $19,000.00 | $26,000.00 |
| 70 | Des Moines - Ames, IA | $16,000.00 | $25,000.00 |
| 71 | Tucson, AZ | $17,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 72 | Honolulu | $18,000.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 76 | Shreveport, LA | $14,000.00 | $30,000.00 |
| 77 | Spokane, WA | $20,000.00 | $27,000.00 |
| 78 | Springfield, MO | $14,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 79 | Portland - Auburn, ME | $24,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 80 | Syracuse, NY | $20,000.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 81 | Ft. Myers - Naples, FL | $18,000.00 | $27,000.00 |
| 82 | Huntsville - Decatur - Florence, AL | $15,000.00 | $32,500.00 |
| 84 | Madison, WI | $18,500.00 | $0.00 |
| 85 | Columbia, SC | $15,000.00 | $32,000.00 |
| 86 | Chattanooga, TN | $16,800.00 | $23,000.00 |
| 87 | South Bend - Elkhart, IN | $24,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 88 | Jackson, MS | $18,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 89 | Cedar Rapids - Waterloo - Dubuque, IA | $19,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 90 | Davenport, IA / Rock Island - Moline, IL | $14,500.00 | $31,000.00 |
| 91 | Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY | $20,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 92 | Colorado Springs - Pueblo, CO | $19,000.00 | $30,000.00 |
| 94 | Waco - Temple - Bryan, TX | $13,000.00 | $20,000.00 |
| 95 | Johnstown - Altoona, PA | $16,000.00 | $26,000.00 |
| 96 | Baton Rouge, LA | $19,000.00 | $45,000.00 |
| 97 | Evansville, IN | $15,500.00 | $18,000.00 |
| 98 | El Paso, TX | $14,500.00 | $27,000.00 |
| 99 | Youngstown, OH | $23,500.00 | $32,000.00 |
| 100 | Savannah, GA | $18,000.00 | $26,000.00 |
| 101 | Lincoln - Hastings -Kearney, NE | $17,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 102 | Harlingen - Weslaco - Brownsville - McAllen, TX | $10,000.00 | $18,000.00 |
| 103 | Charleston, SC | $15,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 104 | Ft Wayne, IN | $17,000.00 | $30,000.00 |
| 105 | Springfield - Holyoke, MA | $13,500.00 | $15,000.00 |
| 106 | Greenville - New Bern - Washington, NC | $19,000.00 | $21,000.00 |
| 108 | Tyler - Longview, TX | $15,000.00 | $19,000.00 |
| 109 | Reno, NV | $17,500.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 111 | Sioux Falls, SD | $17,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 114 | Florence - Myrtle Beach, SC | $16,500.00 | $0.00 |
| 115 | Ft. Smith, AR | $16,000.00 | $20,000.00 |
| 117 | Santa Barbara - Santa Maria - San Luis Obispo, CA | $18,000.00 | $21,000.00 |
| 118 | Monterey - Salinas, CA | $20,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 121 | Macon, GA | $14,500.00 | $0.00 |
| 122 | Eugene, OR | $16,000.00 | $24,000.00 |
| 123 | Boise, ID | $17,680.00 | $30,000.00 |
| 124 | Lafayette, LA | $13,000.00 | $20,000.00 |
| 126 | La Crosse - Eau Claire, WI | $16,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 127 | Amarillo, TX | $13,500.00 | $0.00 |
| 129 | Corpus Christi, TX | $18,000.00 | $24,000.00 |
| 130 | Bakersfield, CA | $18,000.00 | $25,000.00 |
| 133 | Chico - Redding, CA | $14,000.00 | $17,000.00 |
| 135 | Rockford, IL | $15,000.00 | $25,000.00 |
| 136 | Wausaw - Rhinelander, WI | $16,000.00 | $23,000.00 |
| 137 | Beaumont - Port Arthur, TX | $14,400.00 | $29,000.00 |
| 141 | Medford - Klamath Falls, OR | $13,000.00 | $18,000.00 |
| 142 | Erie, PA | $13,500.00 | $41,000.00 |
| 143 | Columbia - Jefferson City, MO | $14,500.00 | $0.00 |
| 145 | Joplin, MO / Pittsburg, KS | $14,500.00 | $21,000.00 |
| 146 | Wichita Falls, TX / Lawton, OK | $15,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 147 | Lubbock, TX | $15,000.00 | $25,000.00 |
| 148 | Wilmington, NC | $16,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 152 | Minot - Bismarck - Dickinson, ND | $17,000.00 | $26,000.00 |
| 154 | Anchorage, AK | $25,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 155 | Bangor, ME | $14,000.00 | $22,000.00 |
| 157 | Biloxi - Gulfport, MS | $14,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 159 | Palm Springs, CA | $12,500.00 | $20,000.00 |
| 160 | Abilene - Sweetwater, TX | $14,500.00 | $20,800.00 |
| 161 | Sherman, TX / Ada, OK | $13,000.00 | $15,000.00 |
| 164 | Idaho Falls - Pocatello, ID | $12,000.00 | $35,000.00 |
| 166 | Gainesville, FL | $14,000.00 | $17,500.00 |
| 169 | Billings, MT | $16,000.00 | $22,000.00 |
| 173 | Lake Charles, LA | $16,000.00 | $26,000.00 |
| 174 | Yuma, AZ / El Centro, CA | $16,000.00 | $20,000.00 |
| 175 | Rapid City, SD | $13,500.00 | $17,000.00 |
| 180 | Jonesboro, AR | $18,500.00 | $0.00 |
| 186 | Grand Junction - Montrose, CO | $13,500.00 | $17,000.00 |
| 187 | Great Falls, MT | $12,500.00 | $17,000.00 |
| 190 | Butte - Bozeman, MT | $15,000.00 | $0.00 |
| 194 | Lafayette, IN | $17,000.00 | $20,000.00 |
| 197 | Casper - Riverton, WY | $17,700.00 | $0.00 |
| 213 | Alberta, CANADA | $23,500.00 | $65,000.00 |
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