Highest-paying Cities for Cartographers and Photogrammetrists

The top 100 highest paying cities for cartographers and photogrammetrists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of cartographers and photogrammetrists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $126,730, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is the highest paying city for cartographers and photogrammetrists. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $118,430). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of cartographers and photogrammetrists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Cartographers and Photogrammetrists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$126,730	$79,860	30
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$118,430	$80,820	160
3	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$111,520	$80,520	140
4	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$103,970	$64,640	160
5	Dayton, Ohio	$102,010	$69,350	50
6	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$99,560	$77,600	280
7	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$99,160	$80,520	60
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$97,290	$66,970	260
9	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$96,030	$66,460	130
10	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$95,100	$38,650	70
11	Springfield, Illinois	$91,170	$53,360	30
12	Lafayette, Louisiana	$88,860	$48,680	n/a
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$85,540	$64,660	360
14	Olympia, Washington	$85,290	$61,660	40
15	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$85,040	$57,200	330
16	Madison, Wisconsin	$84,550	$39,030	50
17	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$84,060	$35,690	50
18	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$83,840	$59,120	190
19	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$82,520	$61,390	70
20	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$82,110	$48,990	150
21	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$81,450	$41,130	30
22	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$80,780	$52,210	40
23	Tacoma, Washington	$80,290	$64,910	40
24	Greeley, Colorado	$80,150	$50,120	40
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$79,960	$61,850	730
26	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$79,820	$51,130	60
27	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$79,820	$47,230	40
28	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$79,800	$47,220	50
29	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$79,750	$58,760	140
30	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$79,500	$62,410	110
31	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$79,410	$58,450	330
32	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$79,300	$57,530	460
33	Anchorage, Alaska	$78,790	$63,480	70
34	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$78,660	$49,860	800
35	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$78,590	$52,610	80
36	Spokane, Washington	$78,420	$65,340	40
37	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$78,160	$54,330	530
38	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$77,860	$53,330	30
39	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$77,510	$51,310	30
40	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$76,460	$57,080	30
41	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$76,330	$56,770	30
42	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$76,320	$54,120	60
43	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$76,040	$48,070	30
44	Salem, Oregon	$75,980	$60,790	40
45	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$75,700	$27,210	90
46	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$75,630	$50,330	220
47	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$74,820	$39,560	40
48	New Haven, Connecticut	$74,060	$45,110	40
49	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$74,020	$51,590	180
50	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$73,560	$57,280	50
51	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$73,140	$48,020	120
52	Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas	$73,070	$51,180	n/a
53	Fayetteville, North Carolina	$72,840	$56,580	40
54	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$72,650	$36,990	30
55	Jacksonville, Florida	$72,550	$55,490	50
56	Midland, Texas	$72,200	$49,810	30
57	St Louis, Missouri	$72,060	$49,780	80
58	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$72,050	$43,170	n/a
59	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$72,000	$50,920	180
60	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$71,960	$28,330	50
61	Columbus, Ohio	$71,860	$49,380	40
62	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$71,730	$47,000	40
63	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$71,310	$53,050	n/a
64	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$71,260	$57,720	30
65	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$71,130	$49,930	140
66	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$70,620	$50,770	60
67	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$69,910	$48,250	80
68	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$69,350	$43,420	40
69	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$68,920	$52,820	170
70	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$68,160	$52,990	80
71	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$67,830	$50,540	50
72	Boise City-Nampa, Idaho	$67,810	$39,560	90
73	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$67,690	$47,200	30
74	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$67,480	$47,550	100
75	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$67,430	$32,020	200
76	Duluth, Wisconsin	$66,490	$48,840	30
77	Provo-Orem, Utah	$66,470	$43,300	40
78	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$66,420	$52,280	30
79	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$66,180	$45,020	40
80	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$66,080	$38,820	50
81	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$66,050	$53,220	60
82	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$66,040	$34,800	460
83	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$65,950	$43,080	50
84	Boulder, Colorado	$65,480	$50,200	140
85	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$65,250	$47,800	60
86	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$64,820	$32,220	40
87	Tucson, Arizona	$64,160	$48,420	40
88	Salt Lake City, Utah	$64,020	$49,130	100
89	Rapid City, South Dakota	$64,010	$43,070	50
90	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$63,990	$33,200	40
91	Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas	$63,960	$50,230	30
92	Camden, New Jersey	$63,910	$51,900	n/a
93	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$63,810	$48,630	140
94	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$63,460	$49,400	250
95	Corpus Christi, Texas	$63,240	$45,760	40
96	Richmond, Virginia	$62,980	$49,870	110
97	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$62,810	$42,220	40
98	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$62,680	$48,300	140
99	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$62,680	$42,240	60
100	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$62,320	$47,580	90

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for cartographers and photogrammetrists.