State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: New Mexico vs Oregon
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In New Mexico, $74,230. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14.2% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.5%
New Mexico vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-14.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Mexico
Surveyors
- Median
- $74,230
- p25
- $53,730
- p75
- $93,480
- p10
- $42,890
- p90
- $101,230
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
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.