State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Idaho
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Idaho, $72,930. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.9%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+21.6%
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%
Idaho
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $72,930
- p25
- $63,360
- p75
- $79,440
- p10
- $51,790
- p90
- $96,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.