State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Mississippi
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Mississippi, $74,520. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.4% — not 37.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.9%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+8.4%
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%
Mississippi
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $74,520
- p25
- $63,900
- p75
- $78,550
- p10
- $58,400
- p90
- $104,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.