Hiring Photographers

What to Expect

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Via OOH: Photographers take pictures of various subjects, such as buildings, models, merchandise, artifacts, and landscapes. These photographs are used in a variety of media, including books, reports, advertisements, and catalogs. Industrial photographers often take pictures of equipment, machinery, products, workers, and company officials. The pictures are used for various purposes—for example, analysis of engineering projects, publicity, or records of equipment development or deployment.

What to Pay

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The photographer with an impressive portfolio of work should earn about $17.30 an hour¹.  That’s an hourly savings of $5.24 compared to the photographer who is hired as a full-time employee with benefits².

¹Based on 2010 national estimates for this occupation (via U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.)
²Based on a total compensation cost of 30.3% (via EBRI.)

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