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Photography majors have a hard time finding a job right out of college. Graduates with a photography degree are entering a strange job market and it can be hard to find your first job in photography. To make finding a job easier, Zippia scanned through 36,510 photography major resumes to identify the jobs photography majors most prefer.

Highest-Paying Jobs With a Photography Degree

  1. Starting Salary
    $43,000
    Job openings
    10,610
    Job Description:
    Producers and directors create motion pictures, television shows, live theater, commercials, and other performing arts productions. They interpret a writer’s script to entertain or inform an audience.
  2. Starting Salary
    $38,000
    Job openings
    10,068
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Los Angeles, CA;  Seattle, WA;  
    Job Description:
    Editors plan, review, and revise content for publication.
  3. Starting Salary
    $34,000
    Job openings
    10,484
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Los Angeles, CA;  San Francisco, CA;  
    Job Description:
    Producers and directors create motion pictures, television shows, live theater, commercials, and other performing arts productions. They interpret a writer’s script to entertain or inform an audience.
  4. Starting Salary
    $34,000
    Job openings
    45,625
    Job Description:
    Graphic designers create visual concepts, using computer software or by hand, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, and captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for various applications such as advertisements, brochures, magazines, and corporate reports.
  5. Starting Salary
    $31,000
    Job openings
    9,295
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Los Angeles, CA;  Chicago, IL;  
    Job Description:
    Producers and directors create motion pictures, television shows, live theater, commercials, and other performing arts productions. They interpret a writer’s script to entertain or inform an audience.
  6. Starting Salary
    $30,000
    Job openings
    1,267
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Los Angeles, CA;  Chicago, IL;  
    Job Description:
    Broadcast and sound engineering technicians set up, operate, and maintain the electrical equipment for radio programs, television broadcasts, concerts, sound recordings, and movies.
  7. Starting Salary
    $25,000
    Job openings
    51,905
    Job Description:
    A Production Assistant supports all aspects of film or TV production. They are responsible for ensuring the production quality of all promotionals, commercials, and public service announcements.
  8. Starting Salary
    $23,000
    Job openings
    122,135
    Job Description:
    Market research analysts study market conditions to examine potential sales of a product or service. They help companies understand what products people want, who will buy them, and at what price.
  9. Starting Salary
    $22,000
    Job openings
    1,772
    Job Description:
    Photographers use their technical expertise, creativity, and composition skills to produce and preserve images that tell a story or record an event.
  10. Starting Salary
    $22,000
    Job openings
    105,041
    Top Locations:
    New York, NY;  Los Angeles, CA;  Washington, DC;  
    Job Description:
    Broadcast and sound engineering technicians set up, operate, and maintain the electrical equipment for radio programs, television broadcasts, concerts, sound recordings, and movies.

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What can you do with a photography degree?

Zippia created a photography career map to help recent graduates find career paths. It's based on real resumes from job seekers with bachelor's degrees in photography. The map shows the most common jobs photography majors take throughout the first four jobs of their careers.

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Average photography major salary

Photography major salaries vary significantly by industry. Graduates with a photography bachelor's degree who work in the technology industry have an average salary of $54,439, while those graduates who work in the retail industry have an average salary of $33,297. If pay is important to you, then you should look for photography jobs in the technology industry.

Average photography major salary by industry

RankIndustryAverage Photography Salary Photography Salary Range
1Technology
$54,439
$29k
$71k
2Education
$48,167
$29k
$71k
3Professional
$42,566
$29k
$71k
4Media
$37,619
$29k
$71k
5Manufacturing
$34,305
$29k
$71k

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