Surveying and Mapping Technicians Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Surveying and Mapping Technicians positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$51,940

National average

Salary Range

$36,910 – $80,870

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Surveying and Mapping Technicians Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$95,150$58,510$147,580
Reno, NV$81,300$43,860$103,640
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$79,880$47,260$115,920
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$78,520$50,980$118,510
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$75,870$45,300$105,440
Nevada$75,660$44,220$111,170
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$75,400$47,360$115,010
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$75,300$44,510$111,140
Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$74,760$47,780$90,050
Stockton-Lodi, CA$74,630$47,280$121,260
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$74,570$54,830$83,030
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$73,570$49,500$102,590
Alaska$73,320$39,750$100,640
Anchorage, AK$72,300$38,180$109,050
Vallejo, CA$72,240$45,450$103,480
District of Columbia$72,230$45,370$107,580
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$72,130$48,250$110,030
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$72,080$46,360$104,460
California$71,860$44,920$115,050
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$70,280$47,630$96,060
Colorado Springs, CO$69,940$49,090$81,500
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$67,970$38,180$124,470
Santa Fe, NM$66,290$40,750$85,590
Minnesota$66,080$47,620$92,880
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$65,480$46,870$80,790
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$64,960$47,170$92,880
Maryland$64,460$44,630$81,130
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$64,080$45,660$99,590
Toledo, OH$64,060$43,570$83,800
Bismarck, ND$63,790$46,270$68,580
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$63,430$48,320$79,360
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$63,290$47,170$88,720
Modesto, CA$63,150$46,600$99,170
Bellingham, WA$63,050$47,920$79,990
Bend, OR$62,920$50,490$83,390
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$62,880$44,920$104,420
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$62,660$45,870$97,080
Boulder, CO$62,660$44,040$89,510
Columbus, OH$62,610$46,160$78,580
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$62,140$42,030$119,460
Wyoming$61,790$43,350$76,370
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$61,790$42,640$75,310
Cleveland, OH$61,770$41,600$78,450
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$61,680$46,490$103,370
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$61,670$44,710$84,040
Washington$61,660$46,200$81,110
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$61,560$48,800$102,200
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$61,380$37,370$106,380
New Jersey$61,170$41,410$83,400
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$61,120$46,730$85,240
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$61,000$40,510$76,190
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$60,840$42,680$75,490
Lincoln, NE$60,790$40,830$85,590
Duluth, MN-WI$60,660$44,270$78,990
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$60,600$44,830$82,180
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$60,540$44,520$92,980
Akron, OH$60,510$44,620$75,330
Salem, OR$60,260$42,560$91,970
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$60,240$45,700$80,100
Farmington, NM$60,210$42,550$86,000
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$60,200$37,820$77,860
Waco, TX$60,180$34,060$70,270
Connecticut$60,150$40,090$103,410
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$60,050$39,930$78,890
Fresno, CA$59,990$44,070$100,920
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$59,990$45,130$74,310
Madison, WI$59,960$44,790$78,160
Kennewick-Richland, WA$59,900$47,970$80,680
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$59,640$46,260$85,840
Manchester-Nashua, NH$59,510$41,330$77,210
Ohio$59,400$41,670$76,950
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$59,220$46,520$82,000
New Hampshire$59,180$44,920$76,630
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$59,020$41,940$87,010
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$59,000$45,450$77,300
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$58,960$38,520$76,110
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$58,760$35,350$94,400
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$58,680$39,230$77,810
Colorado$58,370$44,040$84,390
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$58,340$45,750$72,370
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$58,110$44,100$82,420
Illinois$58,100$42,840$82,900
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$58,010$45,510$80,600
Oregon$57,990$45,250$82,000
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$57,900$37,440$84,560
New York$57,900$45,040$103,300
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$57,810$38,890$81,200
Eugene-Springfield, OR$57,790$38,060$74,600
Albuquerque, NM$57,420$40,800$79,450
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$57,330$40,710$82,790
Greeley, CO$57,330$45,540$70,720
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$57,330$43,160$76,950
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$57,190$39,770$70,010
Rocky Mount, NC$57,120$33,150$83,870
Fort Wayne, IN$56,740$36,290$74,350
Coeur d'Alene, ID$56,590$44,100$77,810
York-Hanover, PA$56,490$42,780$76,760
Pennsylvania$56,400$39,800$77,320
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$56,400$45,360$84,390
Rochester, NY$56,330$37,820$77,850
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$56,250$44,530$76,950
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$56,210$43,240$80,680
North Dakota$56,150$42,140$69,160
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$55,990$45,030$71,920
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$55,920$35,790$73,840
New Mexico$55,760$38,960$79,010
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$55,680$35,940$80,680
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$55,590$39,700$87,480
Evansville, IN$55,590$36,520$61,130
New Haven, CT$55,490$38,010$91,950
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$55,330$41,740$73,630
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$55,020$36,490$77,050
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$54,870$40,090$86,630
Pittsburgh, PA$54,830$38,300$77,420
Kansas City, MO-KS$54,830$43,960$79,080
Wisconsin$54,760$37,060$74,120
Savannah, GA$54,740$37,620$82,240
Auburn-Opelika, AL$54,740$34,680$81,810
Indiana$54,730$37,320$72,290
Topeka, KS$54,710$39,310$64,850
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$54,610$38,960$76,950
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$54,490$45,530$76,700
Arizona$54,410$38,820$83,810
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$54,050$45,760$78,180
Wichita, KS$54,000$38,280$80,670
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$53,650$34,210$77,750
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$53,320$40,560$68,850
Iowa$53,210$34,400$78,180
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$53,210$37,410$72,850
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$53,030$36,400$73,850
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$52,890$37,990$61,160
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$52,820$21,010$69,130
Reading, PA$52,750$39,090$77,070
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$52,720$34,950$64,190
Naples-Marco Island, FL$52,640$38,840$82,670
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$52,530$36,230$74,070
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$52,530$42,680$74,880
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$52,520$36,580$82,060
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$52,420$38,600$80,080
Vermont$52,360$45,180$85,310
Portland-South Portland, ME$52,210$48,970$81,630
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$52,160$44,120$67,850
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$52,060$39,770$76,170
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$52,040$39,290$80,900
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$52,020$43,800$66,440
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$51,920$37,740$73,860
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$51,920$41,280$73,270
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$51,900$43,160$68,560
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$51,770$37,320$85,860
Hawaii$51,750$44,410$70,190
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$51,750$40,870$75,620
Fort Smith, AR-OK$51,540$38,330$77,310
Maine$51,370$45,970$76,080
Asheville, NC$50,990$37,090$64,440
Ogden, UT$50,980$40,430$95,640
Greensboro-High Point, NC$50,930$37,370$78,630
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$50,740$37,820$69,880
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$50,700$38,710$71,940
Michigan$50,660$39,290$76,110
Rhode Island$50,510$45,570$91,730
St. Louis, MO-IL$50,310$38,160$74,920
Billings, MT$50,310$45,130$74,230
Missouri$50,270$35,090$69,060
Massachusetts$50,120$36,410$75,450
Kansas$49,850$37,680$76,770
Knoxville, TN$49,800$34,740$79,520
North Carolina$49,780$37,060$74,820
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$49,730$36,600$75,940
Charlottesville, VA$49,630$37,800$77,490
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$49,630$32,900$63,040
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$49,590$36,850$73,000
Raleigh-Cary, NC$49,530$38,700$73,610
Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area$49,470$42,110$65,240
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$49,390$33,200$79,780
Southeast-Central Idaho nonmetropolitan area$49,350$37,720$62,890
Montana$49,310$44,540$69,800
Missoula, MT$49,310$44,620$75,200
Richmond, VA$49,280$38,490$80,650
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$49,260$36,630$79,460
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$49,240$26,000$75,300
Wilmington, NC$49,230$36,930$72,280
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$49,170$35,630$77,110
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$49,120$36,960$73,260
Bozeman, MT$49,050$46,060$65,270
Virginia$49,040$36,900$80,780
South Dakota$49,000$38,480$61,350
West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$49,000$43,830$82,090
Texas$48,930$35,290$77,050
Amarillo, TX$48,930$34,240$77,790
Tucson, AZ$48,900$36,830$75,580
Corvallis, OR$48,880$46,230$66,360
Delaware$48,860$38,380$72,830
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$48,860$37,440$73,000
Urban Honolulu, HI$48,770$43,190$70,190
Port St. Lucie, FL$48,760$35,720$63,780
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$48,760$38,880$75,650
Utah$48,720$37,720$81,180
Lexington Park, MD$48,710$31,200$77,710
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$48,680$37,340$79,500
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$48,540$45,230$74,030
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$48,520$37,940$77,950
Tuscaloosa, AL$48,390$28,880$80,280
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$48,380$36,570$74,630
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$48,340$29,610$78,950
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$48,330$36,500$78,610
Tennessee$48,320$34,820$73,250
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$48,250$37,900$70,890
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,250$36,500$72,060
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$48,200$39,720$89,690
Sussex Delaware nonmetropolitan area$48,180$39,430$59,980
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$48,160$37,060$92,800
Montgomery, AL$48,150$30,050$89,020
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$48,070$29,500$64,240
Fargo, ND-MN$48,040$41,450$63,850
Nebraska$47,940$39,770$72,370
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$47,910$37,320$80,130
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$47,900$36,880$81,540
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$47,880$36,390$63,060
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$47,870$37,980$75,350
Syracuse, NY$47,860$37,130$64,680
Killeen-Temple, TX$47,840$33,950$77,380
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$47,770$30,290$61,880
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$47,730$35,310$78,470
Baton Rouge, LA$47,730$37,060$122,000
Canton-Massillon, OH$47,660$38,390$69,460
Lubbock, TX$47,630$33,320$73,650
Springfield, MO$47,620$37,300$69,430
Arkansas$47,580$38,670$77,810
Louisiana$47,580$35,540$119,580
Dover, DE$47,570$38,380$73,520
Bangor, ME$47,520$46,300$67,090
Corpus Christi, TX$47,500$33,850$78,560
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$47,380$27,320$77,740
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$47,320$32,930$73,700
Columbus, GA-AL$47,300$24,580$73,880
Green Bay, WI$47,190$35,560$70,860
Omaha, NE-IA$47,170$40,990$64,240
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$47,170$37,370$72,370
Idaho Falls, ID$47,150$37,490$79,970
Sherman-Denison, TX$47,130$34,840$62,590
Idaho$47,120$39,530$76,760
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,100$28,080$63,130
Boise City, ID$47,090$39,530$77,120
College Station-Bryan, TX$47,080$34,020$69,580
Fayetteville, NC$46,970$35,030$75,840
Monroe, LA$46,890$34,970$103,250
Jacksonville, FL$46,860$36,490$74,070
Florida$46,740$36,790$72,370
Midland, TX$46,710$25,780$78,920
Odessa, TX$46,600$34,950$90,220
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$46,600$34,810$67,360
Lexington-Fayette, KY$46,590$37,930$69,340
Birmingham, AL$46,570$34,090$87,290
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$46,480$46,480$80,930
Lynchburg, VA$46,450$30,320$72,420
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$46,390$35,650$70,350
Worcester, MA$46,380$31,620$62,970
Ocala, FL$46,290$33,250$70,570
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$46,280$37,280$76,510
Goldsboro, NC$46,270$31,520$61,840
Alabama$46,260$32,900$80,570
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$46,260$39,420$72,820
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$46,230$44,240$91,730
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$46,230$37,280$68,960
Huntsville, AL$46,220$36,360$63,550
Chattanooga, TN-GA$46,070$34,820$74,540
Gainesville, FL$46,040$34,780$61,530
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$45,970$35,360$101,130
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,970$31,520$90,490
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,970$31,580$81,790
Kentucky$45,880$36,070$76,370
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,870$30,100$79,460
Morgantown, WV$45,860$32,910$68,660
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$45,830$31,560$61,660
El Paso, TX$45,760$28,210$64,670
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$45,690$28,670$63,030
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area$45,680$35,930$84,290
West Virginia$45,630$31,360$72,630
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$45,630$34,190$80,310
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$45,610$36,800$64,620
Spartanburg, SC$45,570$30,590$64,310
Mississippi$45,490$30,320$71,560
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$45,490$29,950$87,050
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$45,490$34,950$73,510
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$45,490$35,350$89,810
Roanoke, VA$45,460$35,510$61,920
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$45,460$34,400$70,520
Tulsa, OK$45,450$37,680$66,560
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$45,370$36,550$64,570
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$45,210$39,620$63,380
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$45,210$29,120$63,180
Tallahassee, FL$45,200$36,040$67,100
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$45,110$35,840$74,620
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$45,080$32,090$77,380
Jacksonville, NC$45,060$35,260$66,650
Charleston, WV$45,050$31,520$69,580
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$45,040$35,630$67,340
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,830$29,680$72,920
Abilene, TX$44,750$31,200$76,210
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$44,750$36,500$73,610
Oklahoma City, OK$44,720$36,190$63,820
Oklahoma$44,720$34,420$63,820
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$44,670$34,520$61,770
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$44,660$27,670$89,610
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$44,630$36,360$72,010
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$44,540$44,540$60,310
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$44,510$37,810$82,650
Clarksville, TN-KY$44,420$35,750$69,630
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$44,360$35,770$57,380
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$44,240$29,770$72,990
Columbia, SC$44,220$31,170$59,630
East Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$44,160$38,670$77,810
Grand Junction, CO$44,150$36,690$82,400
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$44,040$34,950$67,900
West Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$43,670$31,520$57,510
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$43,570$28,450$90,060
Mobile, AL$43,450$31,540$81,570
South Carolina$43,410$31,090$60,550
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$43,410$34,130$58,570
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$43,340$35,300$64,820
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$43,200$33,790$74,630
Georgia$43,190$29,390$73,530
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$43,160$33,720$79,210
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$42,920$38,690$79,970
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$42,810$30,570$58,780
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$42,030$29,990$68,500
Jackson, MS$41,820$29,810$67,020
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,720$35,090$57,780
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$41,520$29,880$72,910
Bowling Green, KY$41,460$36,040$63,440
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$40,880$31,690$76,220
Laredo, TX$40,850$30,460$65,050
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$40,570$40,570$61,040
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$40,510$34,800$67,790
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$39,520$30,770$56,880
Longview, TX$39,170$30,410$68,440
Tyler, TX$39,050$28,530$60,950
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$38,730$27,250$62,570
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$38,550$33,130$69,500
Athens-Clarke County, GA$38,410$29,020$65,660
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$38,410$31,590$81,790
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$38,260$29,170$61,360
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$37,580$22,930$65,020
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$37,480$27,210$61,900
Winston-Salem, NC$37,260$21,710$62,200
Lafayette, LA$36,770$31,660$62,040
Guam$36,210$23,540$62,170
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,200$27,570$60,860
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,680$26,750$46,600
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$31,450$23,010$46,600
Puerto Rico$31,450$23,010$46,600

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Surveying and Mapping Technicians make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Surveying and Mapping Technicians is $51,940, with a typical range of $36,910 – $80,870 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Surveying and Mapping Technicians?β–Ύ

Entry-level Surveying and Mapping Technicians positions typically start around $36,910 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

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Surveying and Mapping Technicianss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.