State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Arizona vs California
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Arizona, $77,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 26.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.4%
Arizona vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-19.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arizona
Surveyors
- Median
- $77,490
- p25
- $59,390
- p75
- $94,730
- p10
- $48,940
- p90
- $110,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.7
California
Surveyors
- Median
- $105,330
- p25
- $78,500
- p75
- $134,250
- p10
- $59,310
- p90
- $160,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.