State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs New Hampshire
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In New Hampshire, $65,130. After cost-of-living, the gap is 52.2% — not 61.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+61.7%
California vs New Hampshire
COL-adjusted gap
+52.2%
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
New Hampshire
Surveyors
- Median
- $65,130
- p25
- $60,170
- p75
- $80,490
- p10
- $58,000
- p90
- $93,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 104.2
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.