State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Florida
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Florida, $65,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 50.3% — not 60.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+60.9%
California vs Florida
COL-adjusted gap
+50.3%
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
Florida
Surveyors
- Median
- $65,480
- p25
- $57,870
- p75
- $94,530
- p10
- $46,160
- p90
- $121,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.