As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Photojournalist in San Diego, CA is $53,162. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $48,076 to $58,883, with most professionals earning between $43,446 and $64,092.
| Percentile | Salary | Location | Last Updated |
| 10th Percentile Photojournalist Salary | $43,446 | San Diego,CA | April 01, 2025 |
| 25th Percentile Photojournalist Salary | $48,076 | San Diego,CA | April 01, 2025 |
| 50th Percentile Photojournalist Salary | $53,162 | San Diego,CA | April 01, 2025 |
| 75th Percentile Photojournalist Salary | $58,883 | San Diego,CA | April 01, 2025 |
| 90th Percentile Photojournalist Salary | $64,092 | San Diego,CA | April 01, 2025 |
Photojournalism is a particular form of journalism (the collecting, editing, and presenting of news material for publication or broadcast) that employs images in order to tell a news story. It is now usually understood to refer only to still images, but in some cases the term also refers to video used in broadcast journalism. Photojournalism is distinguished from other close branches of photography (e.g., documentary photography, social documentary photography, street photography or celebrity photography) by complying with a rigid ethical framework which demands that the work be both honest a...
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