Cartographers and Photogrammetrists · SOC 17-1021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Cartographers and Photogrammetristss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for cartographers and photogrammetrists. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 67 metro areas

Cartographers and Photogrammetrists: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$130,820	200	0.2
2	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$130,710	30	0.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$125,330	330	0.1
4	Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH	$106,000	40	0.1
5	Kansas City, MO-KS	$101,810	160	0.2
6	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$101,480	300	0.0
7	Salem, OR	$101,350	60	0.3
8	Greeley, CO	$101,050	40	0.4
9	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$100,550	130	0.1
10	Boulder, CO	$100,120	80	0.4
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$100,080	430	0.2
12	Trenton-Princeton, NJ	$98,950	70	0.3
13	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$97,820	60	0.0
14	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$97,650	50	0.4
15	Reno, NV	$97,650	30	0.1
16	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$96,450	110	0.1
17	Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX	$96,390	520	0.2
18	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$93,430	380	0.3
19	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$91,600	140	0.1
20	Oklahoma City, OK	$91,500	40	0.1
21	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$90,910	130	0.0
22	Madison, WI	$90,230	60	0.1
23	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$90,030	140	0.0
24	Jacksonville, FL	$88,830	70	0.1
25	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$88,820	270	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Cartographers and Photogrammetrists overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.