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State comparison · 2025

Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Oklahoma

Occupation

Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Oklahoma, $86,410. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.7% — not 18.9%.

Nominal pay gap
+18.9%
California vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
-5.7%
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%
See full breakdown for California

Oklahoma

Cartographers and Photogrammetrists

Median
$86,410
p25
$69,660
p75
$104,130
p10
$61,570
p90
$132,220
COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
87.8
See full breakdown for Oklahoma

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.