State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Minnesota, $83,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.6% — not 19.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.1%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+14.6%
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
Minnesota
Surveyors
- Median
- $83,620
- p25
- $67,190
- p75
- $100,130
- p10
- $49,510
- p90
- $125,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.