Shutterstock Yearly Earnings Per Contributor

Sources:

Shutterstock’s 2017 Contributor Earnings Report

Shutterstock Annual Reports

Raw data:

2016 $115M contributor earnings 225,000 contributors

$511 earnings/contributor

2015 $99.1M contributor earnings 140,000 contributors

$707 earnings/contributor

2014 $83.6M contributor earnings 70,000 contributors

$1,194 earnings/contributor

2013 $62.4M contributor earnings 50,000 contributors

$1,248 earnings/contributor

2012 $46.5M contributor earnings 40,000 contributors

$1,162.5 earnings/contributor