State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: Alaska vs California
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Alaska, $89,170. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.2% — not 13.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.2%
Alaska vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-6.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $89,170
- p25
- $73,990
- p75
- $107,560
- p10
- $69,610
- p90
- $116,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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 2025. 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.