State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Pennsylvania, $75,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 31.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.1%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+24.9%
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
Pennsylvania
Surveyors
- Median
- $75,950
- p25
- $60,630
- p75
- $93,720
- p10
- $52,160
- p90
- $115,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.