State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Arkansas vs California
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Arkansas, $51,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 37.4% — not 50.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-50.8%
Arkansas vs California
COL-adjusted gap
-37.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Surveyors
- Median
- $51,800
- p25
- $42,660
- p75
- $65,150
- p10
- $36,380
- p90
- $91,610
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.