"Wildlife Photographer"
Well, it depends on the type of photographer you are.. A freelance photographer gets paid according to his work the more you work the higher you get paid and it's limitless. If you are a photographer who is being funded by someone else then the pay is limited.
There exists another category where a freelance photographer collaborates with channels and magazines and provides them what they need, Here you get paid a lot… if you are mainly talking about a kinda permanent job then it starts from somewhere around 15k while you are an intern or kind of an assistant. But it, later on, increases as you grow up in the field.
Well, the truth is that Wildlife Photographers don't or hardly earn a salary. The scale is way too low. Most of the wildlife photographers earn their money by being a photography guide or by giving photography coaching.
I know it's sad but it's the truth. I also wanted to make it as my professional career but you just couldn't earn money by clicking pictures of animals. Most of us keep wildlife photography as a hobby and have jobs/businesses going on side by side.
Most of the wildlife photographers make their income by showcasing their work to the different platform it can be online where they can create own portfolio and also by selling photos to different photo stock website. Whereas if you work for a famous brand you most likely to make around 3.6 pa …depending upon your work and experience
I'll personally suggest you take wildlife photography as a hobby and focus on developing a career with other things.
"All the best"
