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Cartographers and Photogrammetrists pay in Alaska and Arizona
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cartographers and Photogrammetrists is $89,170 per year in Alaska. It is $82,260 per year in Arizona. Alaska is 8.4% above Arizona on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-1021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 60 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 400 in Arizona. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings