Surveyors Salary by City

BLS OEWS May 2025 • 384 metro areas

Top-paying metros for Surveyors

Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
Yuba City, CA $130,730 50
Sacramento, CA $124,990 310
San Francisco, CA $122,690 520
Redding, CA $121,250 40
Fresno, CA $115,620 130
San Jose, CA $110,450 190

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      AK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Alaska $86,030 70
      Alaska $85,520 290
      Anchorage, AK $85,520 180
      AL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Huntsville, AL $66,090 190
      Birmingham, AL $65,380 230
      Alabama $63,700 830
      Mobile, AL $63,640 90
      Northeast Alabama $60,740 30
      Daphne, AL $57,780 40
      Montgomery, AL $55,920 30
      Tuscaloosa, AL $55,390 40
      AR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Fayetteville, AR $61,410 90
      Little Rock, AR $60,760 170
      Arkansas $57,260 520
      South Arkansas $52,910 30
      North Arkansas $50,620 30
      Fort Smith, AR-OK $43,520 30
      AZ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lake Havasu City, AZ $82,280 40
      Phoenix, AZ $79,350 1,060
      Arizona $78,480 1,440
      Tucson, AZ $74,080 130
      Flagstaff, AZ $73,420 30
      Sierra Vista, AZ $72,760 30
      Prescott Valley, AZ $70,890 30
      Arizona $64,310 80
      CA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Yuba City, CA $130,730 50
      Sacramento, CA $124,990 310
      San Francisco, CA $122,690 520
      Redding, CA $121,250 40
      Fresno, CA $115,620 130
      San Jose, CA $110,450 190
      North Coast Region of California $107,320 60
      San Luis Obispo, CA $104,480 50
      Los Angeles, CA $103,930 760
      California $103,790 3,750
      San Diego, CA $103,230 360
      Riverside, CA $102,390 400
      Santa Maria, CA $102,160 —
      Modesto, CA $101,690 50
      Salinas, CA $101,120 40
      Stockton, CA $94,880 60
      Santa Rosa, CA $89,440 110
      Bakersfield, CA $83,110 90
      Vallejo, CA $80,220 50
      Oxnard, CA $79,780 70
      Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California $79,170 40
      North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California $73,830 40
      CO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boulder, CO $80,940 100
      Denver, CO $79,040 850
      Colorado $77,050 1,580
      Colorado Springs, CO $75,300 190
      Northwest Colorado $74,790 90
      Pueblo, CO $71,230 40
      Grand Junction, CO $70,480 60
      Greeley, CO $66,940 60
      Fort Collins, CO $66,810 80
      Southwest Colorado $62,630 100
      CT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Haven, CT $80,410 60
      Bridgeport, CT $79,270 100
      Hartford, CT $77,200 240
      Connecticut $76,760 530
      Norwich, CT $75,810 50
      Waterbury, CT $75,760 50
      DC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV $73,930 1,080
      DE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Delaware $85,350 70
      Sussex Delaware $82,890 40
      FL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Naples, FL $74,570 60
      North Florida $72,240 70
      Sebastian, FL $72,060 40
      Port St. Lucie, FL $66,960 100
      Tallahassee, FL $64,700 110
      Jacksonville, FL $63,900 350
      North Port, FL $63,130 130
      Miami, FL $63,040 800
      South Florida $62,650 50
      Florida $62,100 4,310
      Tampa, FL $62,100 660
      Orlando, FL $61,640 720
      Palm Bay, FL $61,440 220
      Crestview, FL $60,990 100
      Deltona, FL $60,690 90
      Gainesville, FL $60,270 60
      Ocala, FL $60,200 60
      Panama City, FL $60,040 70
      Lakeland, FL $59,650 100
      Cape Coral, FL $59,490 210
      Wildwood, FL $59,070 40
      Pensacola, FL $58,240 70
      GA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Savannah, GA $64,990 80
      East Georgia $61,410 40
      Columbus, GA-AL $61,350 40
      Gainesville, GA $60,530 30
      Atlanta, GA $60,520 1,050
      Georgia $60,410 1,720
      South Georgia $58,860 60
      North Georgia $58,710 80
      Augusta, GA-SC $55,190 60
      GU
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Guam $55,990 30
      HI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Hawaii $79,730 120
      Urban Honolulu, HI $79,730 90
      IA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Davenport, IA-IL $97,160 40
      Des Moines, IA $76,920 170
      Southeast Iowa $76,760 50
      Iowa $76,720 450
      Northwest Iowa $75,820 30
      Cedar Rapids, IA $74,870 50
      ID
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boise City, ID $84,120 110
      Coeur d'Alene, ID $75,680 40
      Idaho $74,270 270
      IL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      East Central Illinois $86,390 30
      Northwest Illinois $81,700 40
      Springfield, IL $78,460 40
      Chicago, IL-IN $77,820 1,080
      Illinois $77,540 1,450
      Peoria, IL $71,090 40
      South Illinois $66,870 40
      IN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Indianapolis, IN $86,720 350
      South Bend, IN-MI $83,910 40
      Fort Wayne, IN $81,150 60
      Indiana $81,010 1,000
      Bloomington, IN $79,820 40
      Southern Indiana $78,260 130
      Evansville, IN $77,950 50
      Central Indiana $65,140 40
      Northern Indiana $59,390 50
      KS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Topeka, KS $72,180 30
      Kansas $70,820 400
      Wichita, KS $65,480 100
      Manhattan, KS $65,130 40
      Kansas $64,740 70
      KY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lexington, KY $73,890 —
      East Kentucky $68,760 30
      Kentucky $67,060 580
      West Kentucky $67,050 40
      Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $66,860 200
      Bowling Green, KY $63,090 40
      Central Kentucky $45,870 50
      South Central Kentucky $45,760 30
      LA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Slidell, LA $79,060 150
      New Orleans, LA $74,570 200
      Central Louisiana $62,680 40
      Houma, LA $61,980 90
      Baton Rouge, LA $61,920 310
      Louisiana $60,020 1,360
      Northeast Louisiana $58,890 30
      Shreveport, LA $57,620 50
      Lake Charles, LA $56,260 40
      Southwest Louisiana $51,560 70
      Lafayette, LA $48,970 240
      Monroe, LA $48,780 80
      MA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Barnstable Town, MA $86,010 40
      Boston, MA-NH $84,260 1,530
      Massachusetts $84,260 1,800
      Worcester, MA $83,200 110
      Amherst Town, MA $76,480 30
      MD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Maryland $66,720 40
      Maryland $62,100 1,150
      Baltimore, MD $61,710 550
      Lexington Park, MD $61,360 70
      Hagerstown, MD-WV $60,550 30
      ME
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Portland, ME $80,800 190
      Maine $80,740 300
      Southwest Maine $79,640 40
      Bangor, ME $70,910 40
      MI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Saginaw, MI $83,390 40
      Ann Arbor, MI $81,420 50
      Lansing, MI $76,430 40
      Flint, MI $75,090 30
      Northern Michigan $74,500 40
      Grand Rapids, MI $74,430 170
      Mid Michigan $74,240 90
      Michigan $69,990 1,410
      Detroit, MI $65,630 630
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan $63,710 50
      MN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Minneapolis, MN-WI $80,290 600
      Northwest Minnesota $78,540 100
      Duluth, MN-WI $77,830 70
      Southwest Minnesota $59,220 40
      Minnesota $46,610 1,850
      MO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Springfield, MO $65,540 60
      Joplin, MO-KS $65,340 30
      St. Louis, MO-IL $64,790 520
      Kansas City, MO-KS $63,000 390
      Columbia, MO $62,610 30
      Missouri $59,500 1,150
      Southeast Missouri $49,640 80
      North Missouri $48,250 40
      Central Missouri $42,000 50
      MS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Hattiesburg, MS $63,440 40
      Lower West Mississippi $60,940 40
      West Delta Mississippi $58,420 50
      Gulfport, MS $58,090 100
      Upper East Mississippi $57,410 60
      Mississippi $57,370 590
      Jackson, MS $50,260 140
      Lower East Mississippi $48,520 50
      MT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southwest Montana $104,050 30
      Bozeman, MT $88,010 30
      Billings, MT $82,550 70
      East-Central Montana $81,050 40
      Montana $79,230 360
      West Montana $79,050 50
      Missoula, MT $78,930 80
      Helena, MT $76,920 40
      NC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Greensboro, NC $78,110 60
      Durham, NC $75,980 50
      Asheville, NC $74,450 80
      Charlotte, NC-SC $74,420 410
      North Carolina $67,870 1,660
      Raleigh, NC $67,870 590
      Central North Carolina $62,570 70
      Wilmington, NC $59,000 70
      Winston, NC $58,820 50
      Eastern North Carolina $57,670 90
      Western North Carolina $56,150 100
      ND
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Fargo, ND-MN $81,860 80
      Bismarck, ND $79,030 80
      North Dakota $78,750 310
      West North Dakota $76,510 90
      NE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Northeast Nebraska $73,500 30
      South Nebraska $70,590 30
      Omaha, NE-IA $66,220 130
      Lincoln, NE $66,060 50
      Nebraska $66,020 260
      Northwest Nebraska $61,920 30
      NH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Manchester, NH $76,630 80
      New Hampshire $66,750 260
      Northern New Hampshire $60,860 30
      Central New Hampshire $59,220 40
      NJ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Jersey $93,260 950
      Trenton, NJ $79,100 70
      Atlantic City, NJ $77,540 40
      NM
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Mexico $75,190 210
      Albuquerque, NM $75,090 90
      Eastern New Mexico $74,110 50
      NV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Las Vegas, NV $96,640 330
      Reno, NV $95,890 90
      Nevada $82,990 570
      Balance of Nevada $82,600 100
      NY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Albany, NY $93,100 130
      New York, NY-NJ $91,840 1,460
      Syracuse, NY $81,390 60
      New York $79,050 1,570
      Central East New York $75,050 30
      Kiryas Joel, NY $73,530 60
      Buffalo, NY $71,640 70
      Southwest New York $70,420 30
      Rochester, NY $67,910 150
      OH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $78,130 240
      Toledo, OH $75,950 50
      Cleveland, OH $75,130 200
      Canton, OH $72,750 30
      Dayton, OH $70,920 50
      Columbus, OH $70,830 250
      Ohio $65,970 1,160
      Akron, OH $62,460 70
      North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) $56,570 40
      Southern Ohio $55,020 50
      Youngstown, OH $55,010 30
      Eastern Ohio $49,130 70
      West Northwestern Ohio $44,550 60
      OK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Oklahoma City, OK $62,700 520
      Northwest Oklahoma $62,030 50
      Oklahoma $60,870 890
      Tulsa, OK $60,400 190
      Southeast Oklahoma $50,790 50
      Northeast Oklahoma $47,790 30
      OR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Salem, OR $105,000 50
      Coast Oregon $94,140 30
      Bend, OR $92,670 40
      Oregon $87,730 580
      Portland, OR-WA $87,070 370
      Eugene, OR $80,780 40
      Medford, OR $77,860 30
      Other
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      District of Columbia $59,860 —
      PA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Reading, PA $78,610 30
      Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD $78,560 560
      Harrisburg, PA $76,470 100
      Pittsburgh, PA $76,400 240
      Lancaster, PA $73,680 50
      Pennsylvania $73,680 1,360
      Allentown, PA-NJ $73,540 90
      Northwestern Pennsylvania $72,890 50
      Scranton, PA $72,800 50
      Southwestern Pennsylvania $68,630 40
      Central Pennsylvania $67,230 40
      Northeastern Pennsylvania $63,270 40
      York, PA $63,060 50
      Erie, PA $53,650 40
      PR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      San Juan, PR $40,780 150
      RI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Providence, RI-MA $52,000 170
      Rhode Island $52,000 130
      SC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Greenville, SC $65,850 160
      Myrtle Beach, SC $65,140 50
      Charleston, SC $62,200 210
      South Carolina $62,160 870
      Columbia, SC $61,680 160
      Spartanburg, SC $61,380 50
      Hilton Head Island, SC $57,090 40
      SD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Sioux Falls, SD-MN $86,610 50
      South Dakota $86,260 170
      Rapid City, SD $84,420 60
      East South Dakota $74,200 40
      TN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Nashville, TN $78,970 240
      South Central Tennessee $75,840 30
      Tennessee $74,690 800
      Clarksville, TN-KY $74,410 40
      Knoxville, TN $72,810 100
      Memphis, TN-MS-AR $70,420 130
      Kingsport, TN-VA $69,890 30
      Chattanooga, TN-GA $64,980 110
      East Tennessee $61,860 40
      TX
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Longview, TX $72,730 130
      Sherman, TX $66,980 30
      Killeen, TX $64,620 50
      Brownsville, TX $64,060 40
      Dallas, TX $63,710 1,680
      Beaumont, TX $63,520 140
      McAllen, TX $62,500 80
      Austin, TX $61,260 730
      Lubbock, TX $59,640 90
      Texas $59,450 7,530
      Amarillo, TX $58,920 40
      Houston, TX $58,780 2,300
      College Station, TX $58,330 50
      Midland, TX $58,110 210
      Corpus Christi, TX $57,940 200
      San Antonio, TX $57,170 520
      Waco, TX $55,330 50
      Coastal Plains Region of Texas $52,000 80
      Northwestern Region of Texas $52,000 60
      Odessa, TX $50,200 70
      Hill Country Region of Texas $49,670 100
      Eastern Region of Texas $49,390 50
      North Region of Texas $48,640 130
      Tyler, TX $48,370 110
      El Paso, TX $46,600 80
      San Angelo, TX $45,970 40
      Laredo, TX $45,310 40
      UT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Provo, UT $78,350 100
      Ogden, UT $75,920 80
      High Desert Utah $66,260 100
      Utah $64,260 660
      Salt Lake City, UT $63,390 270
      Wasatch Front Fringe Utah $56,150 70
      VA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Southwest Virginia $76,330 30
      Virginia $73,380 1,410
      Richmond, VA $69,690 190
      Charlottesville, VA $66,250 40
      Virginia Beach, VA-NC $65,960 240
      Southern West Virginia $65,200 70
      Northern West Virginia $63,260 170
      Lynchburg, VA $61,630 30
      West Virginia $61,610 520
      Roanoke, VA $59,620 40
      Southside Virginia $59,520 40
      VT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Burlington, VT $74,120 40
      Northern Vermont $68,510 50
      Vermont $68,510 130
      Southern Vermont $65,700 40
      WA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bellingham, WA $106,590 40
      Seattle, WA $98,720 360
      Olympia, WA $90,610 40
      Spokane, WA $88,340 60
      Washington $88,340 800
      Bremerton, WA $83,090 40
      Eastern Washington $82,420 30
      Kennewick, WA $78,200 50
      Western Washington $78,000 40
      WI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Madison, WI $79,570 100
      Milwaukee, WI $76,820 190
      Wisconsin $76,790 660
      Green Bay, WI $76,290 50
      South Central Wisconsin $76,120 30
      Appleton, WI $73,540 30
      Northeastern Wisconsin $72,730 50
      WV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Morgantown, WV $61,770 40
      Charleston, WV $61,460 90
      Beckley, WV $61,350 30
      Huntington, WV-KY-OH $60,930 70
      Wheeling, WV-OH $59,720 40
      WY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eastern Wyoming $80,370 60
      Wyoming $77,320 220
      Western Wyoming $77,180 100