State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs District of Columbia
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In District of Columbia, $59,860. After cost-of-living, the gap is 74.7% — not 76%.
Nominal pay gap
+76%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+74.7%
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
District of Columbia
Surveyors
- Median
- $59,860
- p25
- $58,100
- p75
- $105,490
- p10
- $58,100
- p90
- $121,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
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.