State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Virginia
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Virginia, $71,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 35.4% — not 48.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+48.2%
California vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+35.4%
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
Virginia
Surveyors
- Median
- $71,070
- p25
- $59,860
- p75
- $94,330
- p10
- $50,770
- p90
- $109,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.