State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alabama vs California
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Alabama, $66,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.9% — not 36.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-36.5%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-20.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Surveyors
- Median
- $66,840
- p25
- $50,700
- p75
- $86,820
- p10
- $38,520
- p90
- $112,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
California
Surveyors
- Median
- $105,330
- p25
- $78,500
- p75
- $134,250
- p10
- $59,310
- p90
- $160,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.