State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Iowa vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Iowa, $77,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.5% — not 20.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.6%
Iowa vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-6.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Iowa
Surveyors
- Median
- $77,090
- p25
- $68,580
- p75
- $102,220
- p10
- $47,830
- p90
- $129,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.