What's the average that a Professional Photographer makes a year?

Answer 1

According to Education Portal in 2002, the average annual salary of people employed as photographers was $24,040.

Photography is not a profession. Anyone can call themselves a professional photographer. There are no licenses and not even a college degree required.

Answer 2

the salary is actually is a trade secret in some country like Australia, I understand a wedding photographer can fetch up to AU$600, about P19,000 per occasion. So, if you have two photo coverage times 2. Glamour photographer can also get a high price. Scoop photos like the paparazzi who tailed Princes Diana can get a high salary too. There are also some regular photographer who received a monthly base salary if they are connected to a media outfit. Hope it helps.

Answer 3

To begin, many careers in photography adhere to a code of ethics and technical standards which do in fact make us professionals as the word professional itself does not mandate degree nor license http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/professional. That said, salary is dependent upon the region you are living in as well as the type of photography you are practicing. There are a plethora of professional photography related careers: photojournalism, commercial/product photography, food photography, sports photography,event/wedding, fine art photography, crime scene photography, and scientific photography just to name a few. Some fields mandate a college degree and/or admitance into certain associations whereas other fields are based souly upon ones own talent.
As a product/commercial photographer myself I can say that $24,000 represents the lowest echelon of salaries in my particular niche but does reflect the disproportionate amount of untrained, amature event and wedding photographers who offset the average salary. A majority of my collegues in the field of commercial and product photography who work in major metropolitain areas make anywhere from a minimum $45,000-$100,000 a year. However, if money is your primary concern in terms of career choices perhaps consider something else. Almost all fields of photography are extremely competitive and if you aren't the best of the best, then forget it. But if you are still interested in photography go to a good school or university.

Answer 4

It also depends on how much effort you put into it. You want o make more? advertise like crazy. But first and foremost, do quality work. Word of mouth will bring you alot of business.

Answer 5

that depends on where and whom you're taking pictures of.