State comparison · 2024
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: Alabama vs California
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Alabama, $70,110. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15% — not 31.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.8%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-15%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $70,110
- p25
- $52,250
- p75
- $91,890
- p10
- $43,750
- p90
- $116,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $102,780
- p25
- $75,370
- p75
- $131,470
- p10
- $63,080
- p90
- $135,490
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -75%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.