State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Tennessee
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Tennessee, $76,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.5% — not 38%.
Nominal pay gap
+38%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+14.5%
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
Tennessee
Surveyors
- Median
- $76,340
- p25
- $58,430
- p75
- $92,610
- p10
- $48,950
- p90
- $114,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.