State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Kentucky, $71,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.2% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
-26%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-15.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Surveyors
- Median
- $71,840
- p25
- $49,300
- p75
- $78,690
- p10
- $39,000
- p90
- $101,330
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.