State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Michigan, $72,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.7% — not 38.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.1%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+29.7%
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
Michigan
Surveyors
- Median
- $72,080
- p25
- $61,130
- p75
- $78,740
- p10
- $51,240
- p90
- $99,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.