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Fotojournalist

Industry
Kultur, medier og idrett
Education
Trade certificate
Salary per year
approx. NOK 690,000
Where
Indoors
Working hours
Daytime

Fotojournalist (Norwegian name) is an occupation in Kultur, medier og idrett, in the group Kultur og opplevelser.

The usual way in is a trade certificate from upper secondary school or a vocational college.

The average salary for the occupational group was about NOK 690,000 a year in 2025, according to Statistics Norway. The figure covers the whole occupational group (3431 in STYRK-08), not only fotojournalist, so pay can be both higher and lower.

The work usually takes place indoors, and the working hours are in the daytime.

The occupation is also called krigsfotograf, motejournalist, naturfotograf, pressefotograf or videojournalist.

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Source: utdanning.no (NLOD 2.0) and Statistics Norway table 11418 (CC BY 4.0), 2025.

The occupational information is based on open data from utdanning.no, licensed under the Norwegian Licence for Open Government Data (NLOD). We have adapted it.