State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Minnesota vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Minnesota, $83,620. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.7% — not 13.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-13.9%
Minnesota vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-9.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Surveyors
- Median
- $83,620
- p25
- $67,190
- p75
- $100,130
- p10
- $49,510
- p90
- $125,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.