State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs South Dakota
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In South Dakota, $72,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.8% — not 41%.
Nominal pay gap
+41%
California vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+12.8%
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%
South Dakota
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $72,910
- p25
- $49,860
- p75
- $93,430
- p10
- $42,300
- p90
- $96,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.