State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs North Dakota
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In North Dakota, $71,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.3% — not 44.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+44.6%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+16.3%
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 Dakota
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $71,070
- p25
- $57,050
- p75
- $87,410
- p10
- $37,390
- p90
- $97,910
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.