State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In North Carolina, $76,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.6%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+20.3%
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
North Carolina
Surveyors
- Median
- $76,210
- p25
- $57,730
- p75
- $100,890
- p10
- $46,750
- p90
- $128,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.