State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Tennessee
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Tennessee, $72,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 40.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.8%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+16.9%
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%
Tennessee
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $72,990
- p25
- $63,370
- p75
- $86,940
- p10
- $59,070
- p90
- $100,630
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.