State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs Virginia
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In Virginia, $86,660. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.3% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.6%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+8.3%
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%
Virginia
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $86,660
- p25
- $70,930
- p75
- $97,880
- p10
- $59,480
- p90
- $122,480
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.