State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: New Jersey vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In New Jersey, $77,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.5% — not 20.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.5%
New Jersey vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-24.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
Surveyors
- Median
- $77,160
- p25
- $65,070
- p75
- $100,490
- p10
- $58,240
- p90
- $132,930
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.