State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Pennsylvania, $75,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.3% — not 38.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+38.7%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+22.3%
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
Pennsylvania
Surveyors
- Median
- $75,950
- p25
- $60,630
- p75
- $93,720
- p10
- $52,160
- p90
- $115,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.