State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Kansas
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Kansas, $75,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 31.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.2%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+15.5%
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
Kansas
Surveyors
- Median
- $75,860
- p25
- $63,200
- p75
- $95,260
- p10
- $50,320
- p90
- $100,920
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.