State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Alaska vs Wisconsin
Surveyors in Alaska earn a median of $99,550. In Wisconsin, $79,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.9% — not 25%.
Nominal pay gap
+25%
Alaska vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+14.9%
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
Wisconsin
Surveyors
- Median
- $79,650
- p25
- $65,560
- p75
- $96,690
- p10
- $57,510
- p90
- $118,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.