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Cartographer: geospatial compensation

Median total compensation for Cartographer, normalized to USD and aggregated to a coarse compensation region. Every figure shows its source and as-of date; areas with fewer than 10 reports are hidden.

Official baseline: U.S. BLS OEWS, 2025

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Public-domain government data: kept separate from community reports and never merged into the crowd-verified medians.

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Official BLS OEWS annual wage estimates by occupation and area.
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsUnited States$81,390$86,690$53,740$126,950
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsAlaska$89,170$90,840$69,610$116,900
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsArizona$82,260$84,100$58,400$114,770
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsCalifornia$102,780$103,690$63,080$135,490
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsColorado$86,960$94,460$61,060$130,310
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsConnecticut$84,100$87,510$52,470$122,430
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsFlorida$79,650$81,790$59,410$109,110
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsGeorgia$62,630$66,050$39,090$94,330
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsIdaho$72,930$73,140$51,790$96,100
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsIllinois$54,680$67,710$47,480$104,720
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsIndiana$74,800$72,140$40,860$98,380
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsIowa$84,570$83,290$57,600$105,300
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsKentucky$71,470$72,800$46,970$105,950
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsLouisiana$59,990$70,140$55,870$101,400
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMaine$78,670$78,360$52,580$102,430
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMaryland$84,360$94,640$58,870$131,810
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMassachusetts$92,230$101,430$72,770$158,370
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMichigan$75,090$76,240$57,720$98,350
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMinnesota$99,850$100,100$71,620$125,660
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMissouri$76,950$81,990$50,290$116,430
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMontana$72,220$70,460$44,590$91,560
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNebraska$81,500$81,440$45,410$119,620
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNevada$93,560$92,380$67,040$121,000
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNew Hampshire$72,130$74,660$43,850$104,990
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNew Jersey$88,480$90,510$63,790$122,660
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNew Mexico$79,200$80,930$48,040$113,970
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNew York$89,290$88,010$37,530$126,170
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNorth Carolina$81,080$79,250$59,110$99,270
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNorth Dakota$71,070$72,140$37,390$97,910
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsOhio$70,990$73,340$47,400$103,000
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsOklahoma$86,410$89,320$61,570$132,220
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsOregon$88,240$90,590$61,460$121,560
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsPennsylvania$73,180$75,390$53,490$102,820
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSouth Carolina$72,260$74,740$49,280$103,220
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSouth Dakota$72,910$71,660$42,300$96,600
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsTennessee$72,990$76,740$59,070$100,630
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsTexas$73,970$85,370$43,040$138,390
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsUtah$75,220$76,710$50,100$109,990
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsVirginia$86,660$86,980$59,480$122,480
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsWashington$96,100$95,730$66,250$128,100
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsWisconsin$76,760$79,270$54,400$112,510
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsWyoming$70,590$72,110$52,490$85,730
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsAsheville, NC$78,990$78,610$68,830$88,350
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$65,190$72,440$51,760$97,030
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsAustin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$76,080$79,700$52,960$108,230
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsBaltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$78,230$82,080$58,870$118,290
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsBoise City, ID$75,520$74,800$61,560$95,430
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsBoston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$90,910$102,480$70,720$162,740
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsCharleston-North Charleston, SC$64,290$75,890$52,360$94,690
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$79,330$83,930$60,350$112,810
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsCincinnati, OH-KY-IN$68,700$69,650$48,990$95,410
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsCleveland, OH$72,420$74,300$48,440$100,940
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsColorado Springs, CO$78,460$83,230$41,030$122,020
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsColumbus, OH$79,560$77,640$50,410$97,030
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsDallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$72,400$83,100$44,740$124,450
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsDayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$106,000$102,770$62,860$127,490
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsDenver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$86,080$95,350$64,500$131,960
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$77,830$79,330$63,200$98,610
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsDurham-Chapel Hill, NC$77,320$82,220$53,500$119,790
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsGreenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$72,890$73,100$48,580$96,400
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsHartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$82,100$85,400$52,470$129,590
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsHouston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$96,390$103,690$50,510$172,580
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsJacksonville, FL$88,830$87,650$61,170$126,830
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsKansas City, MO-KS$101,810$96,770$64,990$131,270
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsLas Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$96,450$94,840$67,210$123,000
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsLos Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$101,480$101,960$61,470$132,670
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMadison, WI$90,230$90,460$49,800$125,130
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMiami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$90,030$88,710$63,800$116,470
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMilwaukee-Waukesha, WI$77,980$82,420$60,730$107,990
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsMinneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$97,820$99,040$71,470$124,870
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$72,990$77,290$64,570$98,960
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsNew York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$85,500$89,120$37,530$130,870
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsOklahoma City, OK$91,500$92,440$64,570$132,220
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsOrlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$80,850$78,670$58,260$97,220
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsPhiladelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$76,830$78,070$63,300$95,640
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsPhoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$88,820$86,380$59,160$117,990
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsPortland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$93,430$95,410$67,720$123,720
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsRaleigh-Cary, NC$81,080$80,030$60,960$82,870
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsReno, NV$97,650$98,370$72,480$123,870
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsRichmond, VA$78,850$82,770$58,560$112,000
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsRiverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$100,550$99,570$69,800$134,390
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$130,820$116,650$71,660$135,490
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSalt Lake City-Murray, UT$65,970$71,160$42,220$106,750
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSan Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$71,950$78,260$49,010$109,890
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSan Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$91,600$91,740$61,590$124,320
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSan Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$125,330$107,780$66,650$135,000
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSeattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$100,080$101,420$70,320$129,380
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSpokane-Spokane Valley, WA$83,390$87,780$62,270$118,950
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsSt. Louis, MO-IL$76,950$79,240$47,050$114,130
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsStockton-Lodi, CA$130,710$106,850$59,920$130,710
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsTampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$72,140$77,300$51,000$111,000
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsToledo, OH$72,290$73,420$59,130$93,950
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsTucson, AZ$77,400$79,000$61,100$108,350
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsVirginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$79,550$84,470$54,570$119,370
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsWashington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$86,660$99,020$64,880$135,710

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