State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Maine
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Maine, $83,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.5% — not 19.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.7%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+13.5%
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
Maine
Surveyors
- Median
- $83,200
- p25
- $61,480
- p75
- $118,020
- p10
- $56,110
- p90
- $131,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.