State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: Arizona vs California
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Arizona, $82,260. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
-20%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-12%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $82,260
- p25
- $68,620
- p75
- $96,360
- p10
- $58,400
- p90
- $114,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
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.