State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Montana
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Montana, $72,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.6% — not 42.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.3%
California vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+21.6%
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%
Montana
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $72,220
- p25
- $60,340
- p75
- $81,190
- p10
- $44,590
- p90
- $91,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.