State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Maryland
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Maryland, $64,910. After cost-of-living, the gap is 53.9% — not 62.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.3%
California vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+53.9%
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
Maryland
Surveyors
- Median
- $64,910
- p25
- $52,800
- p75
- $87,700
- p10
- $44,110
- p90
- $166,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.