State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Missouri
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Missouri, $76,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 33.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.6%
California vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+9.6%
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%
Missouri
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $76,950
- p25
- $65,000
- p75
- $100,420
- p10
- $50,290
- p90
- $116,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.