State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Nevada
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Nevada, $82,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 27.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.7%
California vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+15.4%
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
Nevada
Surveyors
- Median
- $82,460
- p25
- $76,000
- p75
- $102,900
- p10
- $64,160
- p90
- $127,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 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.