State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Indiana
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Indiana, $80,510. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.3% — not 30.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.8%
California vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+10.3%
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
Indiana
Surveyors
- Median
- $80,510
- p25
- $61,080
- p75
- $100,920
- p10
- $48,260
- p90
- $118,760
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.