State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Massachusetts
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Massachusetts, $92,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+6.5%
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%
Massachusetts
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $92,230
- p25
- $81,480
- p75
- $107,930
- p10
- $72,770
- p90
- $158,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.