State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs North Carolina
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In North Carolina, $81,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.8%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+8%
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%
North Carolina
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $81,080
- p25
- $72,190
- p75
- $81,200
- p10
- $59,110
- p90
- $99,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.