State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alabama vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Alabama, $66,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.8% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-31.1%
Alabama vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-19.8%
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
Oregon
Surveyors
- Median
- $97,070
- p25
- $78,850
- p75
- $112,260
- p10
- $64,880
- p90
- $131,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.