State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Idaho vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Idaho, $73,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.5% — not 23.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.8%
Idaho vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-17.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Surveyors
- Median
- $73,940
- p25
- $60,810
- p75
- $96,340
- p10
- $46,500
- p90
- $113,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
Oregon
Surveyors
- Median
- $97,070
- p25
- $78,850
- p75
- $112,260
- p10
- $64,880
- p90
- $131,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.