State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs North Carolina
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In North Carolina, $76,210. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.7% — not 38.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.2%
California vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+17.7%
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
North Carolina
Surveyors
- Median
- $76,210
- p25
- $57,730
- p75
- $100,890
- p10
- $46,750
- p90
- $128,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.