State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Illinois
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Illinois, $54,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 69.8% — not 88%.
Nominal pay gap
+88%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+69.8%
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%
Illinois
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $54,680
- p25
- $48,620
- p75
- $84,240
- p10
- $47,480
- p90
- $104,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.