How much does a photographer make in each country?
143 countries, median gross salary a year in dollars.
Each line is a country, on a log scale from $100 to $100,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- Switzerland$78,890
- Iceland$64,100
- Luxembourg$61,390
- Norway$58,200
- Denmark$57,690
Where pay goes furthest
- Luxembourg$62,230
- Switzerland$61,550
- Norway$60,490
- Germany$58,680
- Qatar$56,060
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $78,890 | $6,574 | CHF 70,990 | $61,550 |
| 2 | Iceland estimate | $64,100 | $5,342 | kr 8,166,400 | $56,050 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $61,390 | $5,116 | €54,980 | $62,230 |
| 4 | Norway estimate | $58,200 | $4,850 | kr 526,600 | $60,490 |
| 5 | Denmark estimate | $57,690 | $4,807 | kr 384,400 | $55,190 |
| 6 | Australia | $55,780 | $4,648 | A$81,180 | |
| 7 | Ireland estimate | $46,820 | $3,902 | €41,930 | $45,830 |
| 8 | Austria estimate | $46,400 | $3,867 | €41,560 | $54,730 |
| 9 | Belgium estimate | $45,560 | $3,796 | €40,800 | $52,240 |
| 10 | United States | $44,660 | $3,722 | $44,660 | |
| 11 | Germany | $44,440 | $3,703 | €39,800 | $58,680 |
| 12 | Qatar estimate | $43,590 | $3,633 | QAR 158,700 | $56,060 |
| 13 | Netherlands estimate | $43,200 | $3,600 | €38,690 | $49,820 |
| 14 | Finland estimate | $38,770 | $3,231 | €34,720 | $42,780 |
| 15 | Sweden estimate | $37,700 | $3,142 | kr 359,000 | $41,660 |
| 16 | United Kingdom estimate | $37,000 | $3,083 | £28,100 | $40,060 |
| 17 | Canada | $35,550 | $2,962 | CA$50,000 | |
| 18 | Italy estimate | $33,890 | $2,824 | €30,350 | $46,510 |
| 19 | France estimate | $31,040 | $2,587 | €27,800 | $37,500 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $29,220 | $2,435 | ₪94,400 | $23,320 |
| 21 | Singapore estimate | $26,250 | $2,187 | SGD 35,260 | $33,300 |
| 22 | Slovenia estimate | $24,850 | $2,071 | €22,260 | $37,100 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $23,820 | $1,985 | AED 87,490 | $35,430 |
| 24 | Cyprus estimate | $23,650 | $1,971 | €21,180 | $35,330 |
| 25 | Malta estimate | $22,790 | $1,899 | €19,960 | $31,750 |
| 26 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $22,050 | $1,838 | HK$171,200 | $26,520 |
| 27 | Portugal estimate | $22,010 | $1,834 | €19,710 | $33,880 |
| 28 | Greece estimate | $21,640 | $1,803 | €19,380 | $33,010 |
| 29 | Bahamas estimate | $20,140 | $1,678 | BSD 20,140 | $18,200 |
| 30 | Puerto Rico estimate | $20,010 | $1,667 | $21,340 | |
| 31 | Estonia estimate | $18,870 | $1,573 | €16,900 | $24,870 |
| 32 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $18,730 | $1,561 | SAR 70,230 | $36,190 |
| 33 | Spain estimate | $18,420 | $1,535 | €16,500 | $26,820 |
| 34 | Czechia estimate | $17,870 | $1,489 | Kč 393,200 | $26,680 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $17,380 | $1,448 | €15,570 | $27,980 |
| 36 | Slovakia estimate | $16,000 | $1,333 | €14,330 | $25,030 |
| 37 | Latvia estimate | $15,670 | $1,306 | €14,040 | $25,120 |
| 38 | Croatia estimate | $14,610 | $1,218 | €98,620 | $24,830 |
| 39 | Barbados estimate | $14,510 | $1,209 | BBD 29,030 | $12,100 |
| 40 | Brunei estimate | $14,310 | $1,192 | BND 18,130 | $23,930 |
| 41 | Hungary estimate | $13,940 | $1,162 | Ft 4,886,900 | $24,070 |
| 42 | Poland estimate | $13,760 | $1,147 | zł 57,750 | $25,080 |
| 43 | Romania estimate | $13,700 | $1,142 | lei 60,510 | $28,090 |
| 44 | Uruguay estimate | $13,270 | $1,106 | UYU 533,700 | $18,220 |
| 45 | Costa Rica estimate | $12,920 | $1,077 | ₡6,507,100 | $20,690 |
| 46 | Palau estimate | $11,690 | $974 | $11,680 | |
| 47 | Türkiye estimate | $10,720 | $893 | ₺422,900 | $23,830 |
| 48 | Serbia estimate | $10,360 | $863 | RSD 1,089,600 | $20,350 |
| 49 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $10,280 | $856 | KM 18,000 | $23,200 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $10,050 | $837 | €17,600 | $21,440 |
| 51 | Belize estimate | $9,659 | $805 | BZD 19,320 | $15,130 |
| 52 | Montenegro estimate | $9,313 | $776 | €7,010 | $15,960 |
| 53 | Panama estimate | $9,063 | $755 | PAB 9,063 | $18,250 |
| 54 | Chile estimate | $8,516 | $710 | CLP 8,035,500 | $17,290 |
| 55 | North Macedonia estimate | $8,286 | $690 | MKD 457,300 | $16,700 |
| 56 | Marshall Islands estimate | $8,130 | $678 | $8,184 | |
| 57 | Argentina estimate | $8,115 | $676 | ARS 10,069,500 | $15,230 |
| 58 | Lebanon estimate | $8,015 | $668 | L£12,083,400 | $16,150 |
| 59 | Maldives estimate | $7,855 | $655 | MVR 120,800 | $11,930 |
| 60 | Botswana estimate | $7,531 | $628 | P 102,100 | $19,230 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $7,172 | $598 | L 186,100 | $14,750 |
| 62 | Mauritius estimate | $6,942 | $579 | Rs 322,200 | $16,180 |
| 63 | Malaysia estimate | $6,746 | $562 | RM 28,360 | $18,040 |
| 64 | Guatemala estimate | $6,567 | $547 | Q 50,430 | $14,690 |
| 65 | Guyana estimate | $6,397 | $533 | GYD 1,333,900 | $13,720 |
| 66 | Albania estimate | $6,390 | $532 | ALL 681,000 | $14,780 |
| 67 | Ecuador estimate | $6,344 | $529 | $14,370 | |
| 68 | Mexico estimate | $6,281 | $523 | MX$120,800 | $10,680 |
| 69 | Russia estimate | $6,228 | $519 | ₽458,700 | $17,810 |
| 70 | Thailand estimate | $6,124 | $510 | ฿201,400 | $18,990 |
| 71 | Fiji estimate | $5,716 | $476 | FJD 12,970 | $14,000 |
| 72 | Jordan estimate | $5,673 | $473 | JOD 4,028 | $12,540 |
| 73 | Peru estimate | $5,646 | $470 | PEN 20,140 | $10,450 |
| 74 | Djibouti estimate | $5,603 | $467 | DJF 995,800 | $10,110 |
| 75 | Samoa estimate | $5,521 | $460 | WST 14,850 | $8,078 |
| 76 | South Africa estimate | $5,506 | $459 | R 90,630 | $12,220 |
| 77 | El Salvador estimate | $5,454 | $455 | $11,630 | |
| 78 | Tonga estimate | $5,440 | $453 | TOP 12,860 | $7,060 |
| 79 | Brazil estimate | $5,407 | $451 | R$30,210 | $11,700 |
| 80 | Moldova estimate | $5,175 | $431 | MDL 89,930 | $10,250 |
| 81 | Mongolia estimate | $5,113 | $426 | ₮18,125,000 | $15,350 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $5,100 | $425 | Bs 35,240 | $13,060 |
| 83 | Dominican Republic estimate | $4,972 | $414 | DOP 308,200 | $12,950 |
| 84 | Colombia estimate | $4,969 | $414 | COP 20,138,900 | $12,090 |
| 85 | Vanuatu estimate | $4,706 | $392 | VUV 456,100 | $3,850 |
| 86 | Paraguay estimate | $4,217 | $351 | ₲31,815,400 | $11,070 |
| 87 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,036 | $336 | F CFA 2,517,400 | $10,830 |
| 88 | Kiribati estimate | $4,010 | $334 | A$6,035 | $6,428 |
| 89 | Vietnam estimate | $3,792 | $316 | ₫91,632,100 | $12,800 |
| 90 | Philippines estimate | $3,742 | $312 | ₱214,400 | $10,340 |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $3,652 | $304 | FCFA 2,215,300 | $8,034 |
| 92 | Cambodia estimate | $3,513 | $293 | ៛14,097,200 | $9,572 |
| 93 | Cape Verde estimate | $3,418 | $285 | CVE 339,700 | $6,743 |
| 94 | Bhutan estimate | $3,359 | $280 | BTN 281,000 | $13,460 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $3,344 | $279 | ₸1,090,000 | $8,684 |
| 96 | Georgia estimate | $3,171 | $264 | ₾10,220 | $9,517 |
| 97 | Jamaica estimate | $2,950 | $246 | JMD 327,200 | $4,682 |
| 98 | Tunisia estimate | $2,917 | $243 | TND 8,559 | $10,440 |
| 99 | Zambia estimate | $2,718 | $227 | ZK 71,130 | $9,401 |
| 100 | Yemen estimate | $2,707 | $226 | YER 594,300 | $8,972 |
| 101 | Suriname estimate | $2,649 | $221 | SRD 65,450 | $7,320 |
| 102 | Uzbekistan estimate | $2,601 | $217 | UZS 28,739,100 | $9,582 |
| 103 | Timor-Leste estimate | $2,517 | $210 | $5,650 | |
| 104 | Senegal estimate | $2,515 | $210 | F CFA 1,463,300 | $6,460 |
| 105 | Ghana estimate | $2,406 | $200 | GH₵30,210 | $5,754 |
| 106 | Indonesia estimate | $2,394 | $199 | Rp 37,951,700 | $7,434 |
| 107 | India estimate | $2,311 | $193 | ₹201,400 | $10,150 |
| 108 | Nepal estimate | $2,261 | $188 | Rs 236,300 | $7,784 |
| 109 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,141 | $178 | FCFA 1,006,900 | $3,230 |
| 110 | Liberia estimate | $2,014 | $168 | LRD 2,014 | $4,996 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $1,975 | $165 | KES 201,400 | $4,655 |
| 112 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,911 | $159 | K 2,640,500 | $6,063 |
| 113 | Mozambique estimate | $1,900 | $158 | MZN 121,300 | $5,030 |
| 114 | Angola estimate | $1,852 | $154 | Kz 1,611,100 | $5,177 |
| 115 | Comoros estimate | $1,816 | $151 | CF 755,200 | $3,312 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $1,783 | $149 | Rs 538,700 | $6,158 |
| 117 | Bangladesh estimate | $1,775 | $148 | ৳205,200 | $6,221 |
| 118 | Eswatini estimate | $1,712 | $143 | SZL 30,630 | |
| 119 | Armenia estimate | $1,669 | $139 | ֏805,600 | $4,839 |
| 120 | Mali estimate | $1,661 | $138 | F CFA 1,006,900 | $5,235 |
| 121 | Guinea estimate | $1,567 | $131 | FG 14,392,400 | $4,780 |
| 122 | Uganda estimate | $1,544 | $129 | UGX 5,538,200 | $4,211 |
| 123 | Rwanda estimate | $1,528 | $127 | RF 2,013,500 | $5,572 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $1,525 | $127 | ₴38,960 | $6,271 |
| 125 | Lesotho estimate | $1,451 | $121 | LSL 26,600 | $4,333 |
| 126 | Laos estimate | $1,435 | $120 | ₭20,138,900 | $5,426 |
| 127 | Cameroon estimate | $1,428 | $119 | FCFA 704,900 | $2,946 |
| 128 | Pakistan estimate | $1,427 | $119 | Rs 401,100 | $6,134 |
| 129 | Burkina Faso estimate | $1,351 | $113 | F CFA 785,900 | $4,070 |
| 130 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,310 | $109 | ؋100,700 | $6,376 |
| 131 | Niger estimate | $1,291 | $108 | F CFA 805,600 | $3,963 |
| 132 | Benin estimate | $1,212 | $101 | F CFA 755,200 | $3,675 |
| 133 | Chad estimate | $1,212 | $101 | FCFA 756,100 | $3,576 |
| 134 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $1,176 | $98 | F CFA 733,400 | $3,322 |
| 135 | Sudan estimate | $1,148 | $96 | SDG 627,400 | $2,797 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,111 | $93 | E£50,350 | $7,242 |
| 137 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,082 | $90 | ETB 47,330 | $3,522 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $1,052 | $88 | BIF 2,013,900 | $3,177 |
| 139 | Togo estimate | $953 | $79 | F CFA 594,300 | $2,694 |
| 140 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $897 | $75 | CDF 906,300 | $1,846 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $889 | $74 | GMD 42,800 | $2,871 |
| 142 | Nigeria estimate | $571 | $48 | ₦844,400 | $3,180 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $342 | $29 | MWK 124,700 | $1,049 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).