State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Massachusetts, $94,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.7% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.2%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+8.7%
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
Massachusetts
Surveyors
- Median
- $94,590
- p25
- $76,770
- p75
- $104,450
- p10
- $57,880
- p90
- $129,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.