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Cartographers and Photogrammetrists pay in California and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cartographers and Photogrammetrists is $102,780 per year in California. It is $89,290 per year in New York. California is 15.1% above New York 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 1,450 wage and salary jobs in California and 230 in New York. 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