State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: Iowa vs Washington
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in Washington earn a median of $96,100. In Iowa, $84,570. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.2% — not 12%.
Nominal pay gap
-12%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
+7.2%
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
Washington
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $96,100
- p25
- $77,790
- p75
- $109,980
- p10
- $66,250
- p90
- $128,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.