State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Oregon vs Pennsylvania
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Pennsylvania, $75,950. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.8%
Oregon vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Pennsylvania
Surveyors
- Median
- $75,950
- p25
- $60,630
- p75
- $93,720
- p10
- $52,160
- p90
- $115,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.