State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Tennessee, $76,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17% — not 30.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.4%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+17%
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
Tennessee
Surveyors
- Median
- $76,340
- p25
- $58,430
- p75
- $92,610
- p10
- $48,950
- p90
- $114,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.