State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Maryland
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Maryland, $84,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.6% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.8%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+15.6%
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%
Maryland
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $84,360
- p25
- $67,450
- p75
- $116,600
- p10
- $58,870
- p90
- $131,810
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.