State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: Illinois vs Minnesota
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in Minnesota earn a median of $99,850. In Illinois, $54,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 46% — not 45.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-45.2%
Illinois vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-46%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $54,680
- p25
- $48,620
- p75
- $84,240
- p10
- $47,480
- p90
- $104,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
Minnesota
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $99,850
- p25
- $86,240
- p75
- $115,930
- p10
- $71,620
- p90
- $125,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.