State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Montana
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Montana, $84,610. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.4% — not 24.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.5%
California vs Montana
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
Montana
Surveyors
- Median
- $84,610
- p25
- $71,730
- p75
- $104,810
- p10
- $57,720
- p90
- $120,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.