State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Louisiana
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Louisiana, $59,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 36.5% — not 71.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+71.3%
California vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+36.5%
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%
Louisiana
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $59,990
- p25
- $58,600
- p75
- $76,960
- p10
- $55,870
- p90
- $101,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.