State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Colorado
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Colorado, $86,960. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 18.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.2%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
Colorado
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $86,960
- p25
- $78,330
- p75
- $104,790
- p10
- $61,060
- p90
- $130,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.