State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: California vs Wyoming
Surveyors in California earn a median of $105,330. In Wyoming, $81,250. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.6% — not 29.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.6%
California vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+8.6%
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
Wyoming
Surveyors
- Median
- $81,250
- p25
- $76,690
- p75
- $102,000
- p10
- $53,500
- p90
- $116,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.