State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Ohio
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Ohio, $70,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 25% — not 49.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+49.2%
California vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
+25%
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
Ohio
Surveyors
- Median
- $70,620
- p25
- $57,280
- p75
- $91,070
- p10
- $48,600
- p90
- $114,440
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.