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Cartographers and Photogrammetrists pay in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cartographers and Photogrammetrists is $130,820 per year in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA. It is $83,390 per year in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 56.9% above Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA 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 200 wage and salary jobs in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA and 60 in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. 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.