State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs North Dakota
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In North Dakota, $79,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.7% — not 32.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.7%
California vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+6.7%
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 Dakota
Surveyors
- Median
- $79,360
- p25
- $74,700
- p75
- $109,260
- p10
- $52,680
- p90
- $127,780
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.