State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Idaho
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Idaho, $73,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.6% — not 34.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.6%
Alaska vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+25.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Surveyors
- Median
- $99,550
- p25
- $81,050
- p75
- $126,390
- p10
- $73,520
- p90
- $142,980
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Idaho
Surveyors
- Median
- $73,940
- p25
- $60,810
- p75
- $96,340
- p10
- $46,500
- p90
- $113,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.