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Photographers · SOC 27-4021

Photographers Salary in the Fargo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Fargo, ND-MN metro area

Figures describe the Fargo, ND-MN metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Fargo city limits.

Median annual wage$38,210
Median hourly wage$18.37

Photographers in the Fargo, ND-MN metro area earned a median of $38,210 per year ($18.37 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,950 at the 10th percentile to $71,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 50 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Photographers in the Fargo metro area earn more than $38,210 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,990 and $49,550.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$31,950$35,990$38,210$49,550$71,990
Hourly$15.36$17.30$18.37$23.82$34.61

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Fargo metro areathis metro area
    $38,210
  • North Dakotastate (ND)
    $37,410
  • United Statesnational
    $44,660

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs North Dakota overall and −14% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$26,640$39,757$52,873$65,990Chambersburg, PA — $26,640McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $28,110Lafayette, LA — $30,450Huntsville, AL — $31,200Killeen-Temple, TX — $32,780Boise City, ID — $33,320Chattanooga, TN-GA — $33,600Ogden, UT — $33,860Flagstaff, AZ — $34,010Tallahassee, FL — $34,010Tyler, TX — $34,130Fayetteville, NC — $34,560Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $34,860Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $34,950Asheville, NC — $35,120Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $35,380Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $35,400Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $35,410Evansville, IN — $35,420Peoria, IL — $35,510Gainesville, FL — $35,550Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,610Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $35,630Toledo, OH — $35,810South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $35,920Columbia, SC — $36,060Port St. Lucie, FL — $36,090Akron, OH — $36,100Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,180Knoxville, TN — $36,240Wichita, KS — $36,300Billings, MT — $36,360Rockford, IL — $36,360Canton-Massillon, OH — $36,580El Paso, TX — $36,650Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $36,670Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,790Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $36,810Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,810Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $36,880Fort Wayne, IN — $36,900Spartanburg, SC — $36,950Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,970Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $37,040Cedar Rapids, IA — $37,190San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $37,360Mobile, AL — $37,490Ann Arbor, MI — $37,510Fresno, CA — $37,520Lancaster, PA — $37,600Wilmington, NC — $37,690San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,780Kennewick-Richland, WA — $38,010Green Bay, WI — $38,080Fargo, ND-MN — $38,210Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $38,320Birmingham, AL — $38,390Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,510Winston-Salem, NC — $38,840Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $38,970St. Louis, MO-IL — $39,170Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $39,190Oklahoma City, OK — $39,200Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $39,260Lincoln, NE — $39,540Roanoke, VA — $39,710Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $39,730Rapid City, SD — $39,780York-Hanover, PA — $40,240North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $40,580Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $40,910Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $41,020Raleigh-Cary, NC — $41,130Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $41,280Columbus, OH — $41,390Baton Rouge, LA — $41,690Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $41,750Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $41,840Greeley, CO — $42,020Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $42,080Cleveland, OH — $42,090Colorado Springs, CO — $42,110Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $42,210Rochester, NY — $42,260Reading, PA — $42,430Pittsburgh, PA — $42,530Bowling Green, KY — $42,540Kingston, NY — $42,960Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $43,040Madison, WI — $43,040Vallejo, CA — $43,040Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $43,060Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $43,100Tucson, AZ — $43,360Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $43,550Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $43,710Kansas City, MO-KS — $43,750Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $43,750Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $43,870Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $43,940Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $43,970Bozeman, MT — $44,020San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $44,030Lubbock, TX — $44,230Modesto, CA — $44,240Charlottesville, VA — $44,290Waco, TX — $44,300Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $44,480Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $44,530Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $44,840Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $44,940Greensboro-High Point, NC — $44,990Corpus Christi, TX — $45,000Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $45,040Omaha, NE-IA — $45,160Urban Honolulu, HI — $45,300Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,380Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $45,690Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $45,760Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $45,880Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $46,170Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $46,270Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $46,410Richmond, VA — $46,420Jacksonville, FL — $46,540Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,540Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,620Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $46,880Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $46,960Anchorage, AK — $47,040Lexington-Fayette, KY — $47,170La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $47,300Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,340Jackson, MS — $47,500Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,720Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,840Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,870Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $47,920Albuquerque, NM — $48,090Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,670Reno, NV — $48,670San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $48,790Savannah, GA — $49,110Syracuse, NY — $49,560Naples-Marco Island, FL — $49,760Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,980Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $50,000Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $50,060Worcester, MA — $50,170Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $50,500Manchester-Nashua, NH — $50,620Santa Fe, NM — $50,670Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $50,940New Haven, CT — $51,000Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $51,410Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $51,790Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $51,870Montgomery, AL — $52,160San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $52,470Springfield, MO — $52,510Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $54,260Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $54,530Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $55,020Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $55,220Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $56,220Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $56,890Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $58,050San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,840Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $59,220Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $60,000New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $60,050Springfield, MA — $60,430Boulder, CO — $60,930Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $62,550Bend, OR — $65,990

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Fargo metro area has the 121st-highest published median for this occupation among the 175 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Coaches and Scouts$41,240Graphic Designers$55,910Public Relations Specialists$68,950Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$42,020Producers and Directors$52,700Editors$60,600

Highest-paying metro areas for photographerss · Highest-paying occupations in Fargo Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.