State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Rhode Island
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Rhode Island, $62,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 55.3% — not 68.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+68.1%
California vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+55.3%
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
Rhode Island
Surveyors
- Median
- $62,670
- p25
- $53,500
- p75
- $79,340
- p10
- $44,130
- p90
- $99,270
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.