Headshot Cost Calculator

Across the 822 US cities where photographers publish prices, the median headshot session costs $321. Big metros run higher (New York: $495), smaller cities lower. AI headshots from your selfies on Narkis cost $27 for up to 200 photos.

From the prices headshot photographers list on their own sites, collected for the Narkis photographer directory (4,464 studios in 1,446 cities). The median uses each studio's listed starting and top session prices. The typical range is the middle half of listed prices (25th to 75th percentile). Where no studio in a city publishes prices, the calculator shows the state median. Updated Nov 12, 2026.

Studio rent, demand from corporate clients and actors, and the photographer's experience set the price. Sessions with hair and makeup, several outfits or retouching on every image sit at the top of the range.

For LinkedIn, resumes, team pages and dating profiles, yes. On Narkis you upload 15-20 selfies, your own model trains in a median 6.5 minutes, and you get up to 200 headshots for $27. A photographer still wins for in-person creative direction and print campaigns.

Yes. Open "Embed this on your site" under the calculator, pick the city you want to show and copy the code. It is free for news sites, blogs and career centers as long as the credit link stays.