State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: Iowa vs Minnesota
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in Minnesota earn a median of $99,850. In Iowa, $84,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 15.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.3%
Iowa vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
-4.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $84,570
- p25
- $67,910
- p75
- $96,960
- p10
- $57,600
- p90
- $105,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.