State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Kentucky
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Kentucky, $71,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 46.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.6%
California vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
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
Kentucky
Surveyors
- Median
- $71,840
- p25
- $49,300
- p75
- $78,690
- p10
- $39,000
- p90
- $101,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.