State comparison · 2025
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists salary: Minnesota vs West Virginia
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in Minnesota earn a median of $99,850. In West Virginia, $54,870. After cost-of-living, the gap is 65.2% — not 82%.
Nominal pay gap
+82%
Minnesota vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+65.2%
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
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.