State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Massachusetts
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Massachusetts, $94,590. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.4%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+6.4%
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
Massachusetts
Surveyors
- Median
- $94,590
- p25
- $76,770
- p75
- $104,450
- p10
- $57,880
- p90
- $129,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.