State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Iowa
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Iowa, $84,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.6% — not 21.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.5%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
-3.6%
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%
Iowa
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $84,570
- p25
- $67,910
- p75
- $96,960
- p10
- $57,600
- p90
- $105,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.