State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Kentucky, $71,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.6%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+22.1%
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
Kentucky
Surveyors
- Median
- $71,840
- p25
- $49,300
- p75
- $78,690
- p10
- $39,000
- p90
- $101,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.