State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Illinois
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Illinois, $75,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25.2% — not 38.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.6%
California vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+25.2%
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
Illinois
Surveyors
- Median
- $75,980
- p25
- $59,940
- p75
- $100,380
- p10
- $46,540
- p90
- $126,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.