State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Mississippi
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Mississippi, $58,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 41% — not 79.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+79.4%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+41%
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
Mississippi
Surveyors
- Median
- $58,720
- p25
- $47,080
- p75
- $77,920
- p10
- $38,840
- p90
- $96,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.