State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Oregon vs Tennessee
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Tennessee, $76,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13% — not 27.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.2%
Oregon vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+13%
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
Tennessee
Surveyors
- Median
- $76,340
- p25
- $58,430
- p75
- $92,610
- p10
- $48,950
- p90
- $114,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.