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Photographers pay in Bend, OR and Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Photographers is $65,990 per year in Bend, OR. It is $43,870 per year in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA. Bend, OR is 50.4% above Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-4021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 30 wage and salary jobs in Bend, OR and 90 in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings