The annual salary statistics of cartographers and photogrammetrists in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of cartographers and photogrammetrists in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $62,410 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,970 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,500 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $95,040 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $114,420 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cartographers and photogrammetrists in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $114,420. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,500. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,410.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cartographers and photogrammetrists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $79,500 | 22.52% | 27.33% |
| 2021 | $61,600 | -15.81% | - |
| 2020 | $71,340 | 1.32% | - |
| 2019 | $70,400 | 2.80% | - |
| 2018 | $68,430 | -3.73% | - |
| 2017 | $70,980 | -1.48% | - |
| 2016 | $72,030 | 0.62% | - |
| 2015 | $71,580 | 1.91% | - |
| 2014 | $70,210 | 7.82% | - |
| 2013 | $64,720 | 10.74% | - |
| 2012 | $57,770 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,500 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for cartographers and photogrammetrists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of cartographers and photogrammetrists in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 37.3 percent (37.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 25.6 percent (25.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine.