State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs New Mexico
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In New Mexico, $74,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.8% — not 34.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+34.1%
Alaska vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
+20.8%
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
New Mexico
Surveyors
- Median
- $74,230
- p25
- $53,730
- p75
- $93,480
- p10
- $42,890
- p90
- $101,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.