State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Nebraska
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Nebraska, $68,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26% — not 54.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+54.8%
California vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+26%
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
Nebraska
Surveyors
- Median
- $68,050
- p25
- $59,500
- p75
- $80,100
- p10
- $51,660
- p90
- $103,650
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.