State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Vermont
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Vermont, $76,450. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22% — not 37.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.8%
California vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
+22%
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
Vermont
Surveyors
- Median
- $76,450
- p25
- $59,670
- p75
- $80,600
- p10
- $50,640
- p90
- $83,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.