State comparison · 2025
Surveyors salary: Oregon vs Virginia
Surveyors in Oregon earn a median of $97,070. In Virginia, $71,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 33.5% — not 36.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+36.6%
Oregon vs Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+33.5%
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
Virginia
Surveyors
- Median
- $71,070
- p25
- $59,860
- p75
- $94,330
- p10
- $50,770
- p90
- $109,600
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.