State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Idaho
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Idaho, $73,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 42.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+42.5%
California vs Idaho
COL-adjusted gap
+22.9%
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
Idaho
Surveyors
- Median
- $73,940
- p25
- $60,810
- p75
- $96,340
- p10
- $46,500
- p90
- $113,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.