State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: California vs West Virginia
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in California earn a median of $102,780. In West Virginia, $54,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 51.4% — not 87.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+87.3%
California vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+51.4%
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%
West Virginia
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $54,870
- p25
- $47,540
- p75
- $68,390
- p10
- $27,990
- p90
- $91,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.