State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Indiana
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Indiana, $74,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.8% — not 37.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.4%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+15.8%
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%
Indiana
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $74,800
- p25
- $51,810
- p75
- $88,490
- p10
- $40,860
- p90
- $98,380
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.