State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Wisconsin
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Wisconsin, $79,650. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.4% — not 32.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.2%
California vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+12.4%
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
Wisconsin
Surveyors
- Median
- $79,650
- p25
- $65,560
- p75
- $96,690
- p10
- $57,510
- p90
- $118,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.