State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Oregon vs South Dakota
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In South Dakota, $77,190. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.8% — not 25.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.8%
Oregon vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+7.8%
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
South Dakota
Surveyors
- Median
- $77,190
- p25
- $68,890
- p75
- $100,580
- p10
- $59,690
- p90
- $122,560
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.