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The average salary range for a photographer in 2006 was between $18,000 and $38,000 a year. The variation in this range has more to do with skill level and geography than place of employment. Typically, photographers work for photography studios, but may also work for engineering firms, surveying companies, newspapers or other publishers, or may work as part of a crime scene processing unit collecting photographic evidence.
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