State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: Minnesota vs New Mexico
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in Minnesota earn a median of $99,850. In New Mexico, $79,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.9% — not 26.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.1%
Minnesota vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+17.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
New Mexico
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists
- Median
- $79,200
- p25
- $62,710
- p75
- $96,480
- p10
- $48,040
- p90
- $113,970
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.