State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Kentucky
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Kentucky, $71,470. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.2% — not 43.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.8%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+17.2%
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%
Kentucky
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $71,470
- p25
- $56,340
- p75
- $83,890
- p10
- $46,970
- p90
- $105,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.