State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Illinois vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Illinois, $75,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.1% — not 21.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.7%
Illinois vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-19.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Surveyors
- Median
- $75,980
- p25
- $59,940
- p75
- $100,380
- p10
- $46,540
- p90
- $126,300
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.