State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Mississippi vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Mississippi, $58,720. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.1% — not 39.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-39.5%
Mississippi vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-28.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Surveyors
- Median
- $58,720
- p25
- $47,080
- p75
- $77,920
- p10
- $38,840
- p90
- $96,460
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.