State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Minnesota
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Minnesota, $83,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
+26%
California vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+12.2%
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
Minnesota
Surveyors
- Median
- $83,620
- p25
- $67,190
- p75
- $100,130
- p10
- $49,510
- p90
- $125,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.