State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Colorado
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Colorado, $79,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.7% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.8%
California vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+23.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Colorado
Surveyors
- Median
- $79,310
- p25
- $63,700
- p75
- $100,240
- p10
- $51,220
- p90
- $115,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.