Cartographers and Photogrammetrists · SOC 17-1021
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists Salary in the Boulder Metro Area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boulder, CO metro area
Figures describe the Boulder, CO metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boulder city limits.
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in the Boulder, CO metro area earned a median of $100,120 per year ($48.14 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $66,350 at the 10th percentile to $130,510 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Cartographers and Photogrammetrists in the Boulder metro area earn more than $100,120 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $83,660 and $123,990.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $66,350 | $83,660 | $100,120 | $123,990 | $130,510 |
| Hourly | $31.90 | $40.22 | $48.14 | $59.61 | $62.75 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Boulder metro areathis metro area$100,120 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $83,660 to $123,990
- Coloradostate (CO)$86,960 median for Colorado; middle half earns $78,330 to $104,790
- United Statesnational$81,390 median for United States; middle half earns $65,670 to $101,960
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +15% vs Colorado overall and +23% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally
Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Boulder metro area has the 10th-highest published median for this occupation among the 67 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Colorado
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for cartographers and photogrammetrists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Boulder metro areathis page$100,120 median for Boulder metro area; middle half earns $83,660 to $123,990
- $101,050 median for Greeley metro area; middle half earns $81,850 to $120,340
- $86,080 median for Denver metro area; middle half earns $80,900 to $103,830
- $82,490 median for Fort Collins metro area; middle half earns $71,290 to $99,860
- $78,460 median for Colorado Springs metro area; middle half earns $60,430 to $101,090
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for cartographers and photogrammetristss · Highest-paying occupations in Boulder Metro
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.