Surveyors Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Surveyors positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$72,740

National average

Salary Range

$43,680 – $116,330

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Surveyors Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Yuba City, CA$130,730$88,440$169,510
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$124,990$65,110$163,490
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$122,690$74,060$175,590
Redding, CA$121,250$72,640$156,090
Fresno, CA$115,620$63,040$172,480
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$110,450$60,230$164,930
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$107,320$65,140$162,210
Salem, OR$105,000$63,300$133,720
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$104,480$64,090$157,360
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$103,930$52,520$152,640
California$103,790$57,330$158,720
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$103,230$62,550$151,660
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$102,390$61,640$163,490
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$102,160$58,170$142,250
Modesto, CA$101,690$64,120$156,160
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$98,720$69,790$134,990
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$97,160$59,390$112,310
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$96,640$63,030$129,790
Reno, NV$95,890$67,570$128,420
Stockton-Lodi, CA$94,880$50,960$153,710
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$94,140$63,600$137,070
New Jersey$93,260$49,340$134,560
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$93,100$52,720$109,070
Bend, OR$92,670$62,860$121,250
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$91,840$50,890$139,270
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$90,610$59,600$129,200
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$89,440$65,570$142,340
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$88,340$61,030$121,720
Washington$88,340$63,040$133,890
Bozeman, MT$88,010$50,250$139,460
Oregon$87,730$61,960$123,360
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$87,070$63,040$126,770
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$86,720$51,800$121,780
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$86,610$73,790$135,140
South Dakota$86,260$65,520$129,990
Alaska nonmetropolitan area$86,030$60,600$156,550
Barnstable Town, MA$86,010$55,560$109,310
Alaska$85,520$60,600$155,030
Anchorage, AK$85,520$60,020$137,480
Delaware$85,350$68,800$115,140
Rapid City, SD$84,420$63,630$121,270
Massachusetts$84,260$62,540$109,990
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$84,260$65,680$110,000
Boise City, ID$84,120$46,910$113,150
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$83,910$59,050$115,680
Saginaw, MI$83,390$59,370$96,990
Worcester, MA$83,200$48,620$103,800
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$83,110$49,050$137,480
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$83,090$64,210$141,190
Nevada$82,990$63,310$128,740
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$82,600$67,190$110,440
Billings, MT$82,550$61,800$97,370
Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area$82,420$58,850$122,610
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$82,280$51,350$91,700
Fargo, ND-MN$81,860$62,930$108,800
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$81,700$46,880$224,040
Ann Arbor, MI$81,420$59,390$102,850
Syracuse, NY$81,390$54,830$113,450
Fort Wayne, IN$81,150$45,540$109,420
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$81,050$63,270$100,130
Indiana$81,010$46,690$116,300
Boulder, CO$80,940$60,930$125,060
Portland-South Portland, ME$80,800$57,320$127,620
Eugene-Springfield, OR$80,780$61,820$114,970
Maine$80,740$54,630$119,990
New Haven, CT$80,410$60,540$100,470
Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$80,370$52,000$106,830
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$80,290$46,820$122,020
Vallejo, CA$80,220$55,140$145,870
Bloomington, IN$79,820$44,830$104,130
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$79,780$45,870$137,960
Urban Honolulu, HI$79,730$56,270$115,600
Hawaii$79,730$52,060$115,600
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$79,640$44,920$108,840
Madison, WI$79,570$58,010$112,880
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$79,350$49,250$101,850
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$79,270$64,310$96,370
Montana$79,230$57,990$109,030
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$79,170$53,090$130,730
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$79,100$46,390$120,180
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$79,060$46,680$79,060
New York$79,050$51,490$126,380
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$79,050$46,230$111,620
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$79,040$60,610$116,950
Bismarck, ND$79,030$61,780$111,120
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$78,970$50,500$112,670
Missoula, MT$78,930$63,370$106,070
North Dakota$78,750$59,650$117,930
Reading, PA$78,610$54,900$121,220
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$78,560$52,770$111,370
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$78,540$45,520$112,780
Arizona$78,480$49,250$99,620
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$78,350$41,980$117,360
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$78,260$37,450$101,880
Kennewick-Richland, WA$78,200$49,730$138,680
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$78,130$48,640$134,200
Greensboro-High Point, NC$78,110$45,130$129,580
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$78,000$63,530$116,500
Evansville, IN$77,950$52,100$105,110
Medford, OR$77,860$53,890$109,980
Duluth, MN-WI$77,830$51,480$104,850
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$77,820$47,760$116,200
Illinois$77,540$47,600$111,260
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$77,540$43,540$123,260
Wyoming$77,320$52,000$107,070
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$77,200$58,880$113,540
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$77,180$52,000$107,070
Colorado$77,050$55,440$114,140
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$76,920$66,360$105,410
Helena, MT$76,920$46,110$103,790
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$76,820$55,120$116,660
Wisconsin$76,790$52,590$112,790
Connecticut$76,760$59,220$101,320
Iowa$76,720$62,980$104,740
Manchester-Nashua, NH$76,630$54,460$96,910
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area$76,510$58,250$117,930
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$76,480$50,430$104,500
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$76,470$50,160$107,130
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$76,430$47,640$97,260
Pittsburgh, PA$76,400$46,520$112,070
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$76,330$46,890$90,870
Green Bay, WI$76,290$54,430$112,790
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$76,120$48,930$134,830
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$75,980$38,180$139,990
Toledo, OH$75,950$45,290$114,230
Ogden, UT$75,920$40,780$116,480
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$75,840$46,410$101,520
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$75,820$58,840$104,180
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$75,810$59,400$125,840
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$75,760$58,410$104,000
Coeur d'Alene, ID$75,680$44,870$112,010
Colorado Springs, CO$75,300$51,210$106,460
New Mexico$75,190$39,260$114,940
Cleveland, OH$75,130$44,390$114,650
Albuquerque, NM$75,090$34,540$114,940
Flint, MI$75,090$56,910$76,760
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$75,050$39,690$99,990
Cedar Rapids, IA$74,870$63,540$95,720
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$74,790$46,180$110,700
Tennessee$74,690$45,760$106,100
Naples-Marco Island, FL$74,570$47,570$114,860
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$74,570$40,500$104,170
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$74,500$55,990$103,390
Asheville, NC$74,450$36,360$133,370
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$74,430$49,060$99,840
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$74,420$46,170$113,840
Idaho$74,270$43,770$109,120
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$74,240$39,870$128,180
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$74,120$60,350$89,850
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$74,110$40,430$101,080
Tucson, AZ$74,080$46,370$92,920
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$73,930$50,770$118,750
Lexington-Fayette, KY$73,890$45,100$113,890
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$73,830$51,780$123,640
Pennsylvania$73,680$48,110$111,130
Lancaster, PA$73,680$50,900$102,040
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$73,540$45,570$102,890
Appleton, WI$73,540$58,220$98,040
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$73,530$48,570$114,720
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$73,500$28,980$100,950
Flagstaff, AZ$73,420$44,920$105,420
Virginia$73,380$48,080$106,120
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$72,890$48,670$129,940
Knoxville, TN$72,810$49,610$104,270
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$72,760$43,260$89,690
Longview, TX$72,730$38,090$98,780
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$72,730$43,680$109,630
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$72,240$47,360$107,650
Topeka, KS$72,180$41,880$94,810
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$72,060$45,350$108,830
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$71,640$49,140$101,090
Pueblo, CO$71,230$58,440$105,620
Peoria, IL$71,090$47,100$105,610
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$70,920$49,610$105,400
Bangor, ME$70,910$55,150$109,630
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$70,890$52,970$88,540
Columbus, OH$70,830$47,550$109,250
Kansas$70,820$47,330$102,500
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$70,590$42,350$100,950
Grand Junction, CO$70,480$49,880$102,120
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$70,420$38,990$103,510
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$70,420$39,480$108,930
Michigan$69,990$49,180$103,530
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$69,890$47,680$100,990
Richmond, VA$69,690$48,470$117,890
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$68,760$34,320$97,490
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$68,630$51,820$101,020
Vermont$68,510$53,020$81,220
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$68,510$52,090$81,610
Rochester, NY$67,910$47,070$103,120
Raleigh-Cary, NC$67,870$47,840$127,760
North Carolina$67,870$43,990$124,280
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$67,230$47,270$81,150
Kentucky$67,060$39,520$106,120
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$67,050$36,730$76,860
Port St. Lucie, FL$66,960$45,860$95,960
Greeley, CO$66,940$39,970$104,190
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$66,870$43,710$99,590
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$66,860$45,730$133,790
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$66,810$58,960$103,880
New Hampshire$66,750$47,280$96,380
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$66,720$45,470$99,960
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$66,260$42,030$92,390
Charlottesville, VA$66,250$49,620$106,990
Omaha, NE-IA$66,220$50,820$105,980
Huntsville, AL$66,090$44,140$102,190
Lincoln, NE$66,060$47,870$104,040
Nebraska$66,020$48,460$105,280
Ohio$65,970$37,760$116,300
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$65,960$46,670$104,850
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$65,850$44,980$108,320
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$65,700$52,090$76,100
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$65,630$50,320$103,810
Springfield, MO$65,540$47,810$100,860
Wichita, KS$65,480$45,350$102,660
Birmingham, AL$65,380$48,260$103,260
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$65,200$35,900$99,840
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$65,140$41,010$112,180
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$65,140$36,480$101,880
Manhattan, KS$65,130$45,650$91,900
Savannah, GA$64,990$40,570$87,980
Chattanooga, TN-GA$64,980$38,440$146,470
St. Louis, MO-IL$64,790$42,340$104,300
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$64,740$47,540$85,280
Tallahassee, FL$64,700$44,690$94,390
Killeen-Temple, TX$64,620$37,500$96,230
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$64,310$50,100$91,460
Utah$64,260$40,780$104,360
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$64,060$28,570$91,010
Jacksonville, FL$63,900$44,920$103,400
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$63,710$39,790$110,070
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$63,710$35,940$95,320
Alabama$63,700$44,140$102,290
Mobile, AL$63,640$41,600$112,010
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$63,520$36,740$98,620
Hattiesburg, MS$63,440$34,690$115,530
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$63,390$39,220$100,280
Northeastern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$63,270$46,440$82,300
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$63,260$37,500$114,090
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$63,130$46,070$96,420
Bowling Green, KY$63,090$38,940$125,560
York-Hanover, PA$63,060$48,010$110,710
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$63,040$46,370$105,340
Kansas City, MO-KS$63,000$25,580$102,500
Oklahoma City, OK$62,700$41,940$104,660
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$62,650$46,440$96,370
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$62,630$39,480$101,080
Columbia, MO$62,610$46,850$89,540
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$62,570$35,110$90,790
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$62,500$34,410$91,030
Akron, OH$62,460$40,430$104,390
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$62,200$49,280$110,320
South Carolina$62,160$44,460$105,490
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$62,100$44,340$104,950
Florida$62,100$44,920$101,850
Maryland$62,100$42,930$99,960
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$62,030$36,560$81,030
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$61,980$37,840$122,380
Baton Rouge, LA$61,920$37,190$103,200
Morgantown, WV$61,770$37,580$97,540
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$61,710$42,920$96,500
Columbia, SC$61,680$44,510$97,170
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$61,640$45,700$104,840
Lynchburg, VA$61,630$39,310$98,150
West Virginia$61,610$37,790$103,260
Charleston, WV$61,460$48,310$95,670
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$61,440$46,480$98,020
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$61,410$32,480$99,630
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$61,410$36,700$116,500
Spartanburg, SC$61,380$45,420$129,080
Lexington Park, MD$61,360$42,280$97,760
Beckley, WV$61,350$35,360$78,920
Columbus, GA-AL$61,350$41,940$152,780
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$61,260$40,210$102,600
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$60,990$45,140$101,880
Lower West Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$60,940$34,950$109,270
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$60,930$41,410$100,450
Oklahoma$60,870$37,140$99,000
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$60,760$31,240$101,980
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$60,690$39,170$91,830
Gainesville, GA$60,530$45,470$114,470
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$60,520$45,750$108,890
Georgia$60,410$40,630$101,720
Tulsa, OK$60,400$37,050$93,660
Gainesville, FL$60,270$44,160$101,210
Ocala, FL$60,200$38,270$98,590
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$60,040$44,850$99,360
Louisiana$60,020$37,190$97,770
District of Columbia$59,860$58,100$121,890
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$59,650$44,430$100,090
Lubbock, TX$59,640$39,560$95,940
Roanoke, VA$59,620$41,150$109,100
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$59,520$45,620$98,560
Missouri$59,500$29,200$95,310
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$59,490$39,230$90,970
Texas$59,450$37,820$103,730
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$59,390$41,090$101,870
Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$59,220$37,560$94,440
Central New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area$59,220$44,340$99,660
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$59,070$38,580$96,440
Wilmington, NC$59,000$36,190$121,260
Amarillo, TX$58,920$39,440$108,990
Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$58,890$35,770$103,440
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$58,860$38,010$85,280
Winston-Salem, NC$58,820$35,410$130,190
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$58,780$38,340$101,070
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$58,710$36,780$98,430
West Delta Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$58,420$33,490$105,070
College Station-Bryan, TX$58,330$28,720$110,680
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$58,240$38,890$101,970
Midland, TX$58,110$36,480$99,870
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$58,090$35,020$99,890
Corpus Christi, TX$57,940$37,200$95,950
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$57,780$35,780$94,040
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$57,670$44,920$110,240
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$57,620$37,920$99,670
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$57,410$27,960$94,260
Mississippi$57,370$35,820$104,170
Arkansas$57,260$29,940$92,080
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$57,170$38,980$95,130
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$57,090$48,860$92,050
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$56,570$30,320$104,430
Lake Charles, LA$56,260$35,680$102,080
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$56,150$35,110$113,010
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$56,150$55,040$84,480
Guam$55,990$34,370$100,260
Montgomery, AL$55,920$46,820$108,850
Tuscaloosa, AL$55,390$32,900$95,600
Waco, TX$55,330$33,690$101,340
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$55,190$31,620$105,490
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$55,020$37,760$103,730
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$52,910$30,060$95,640
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$52,000$48,800$94,100
Rhode Island$52,000$49,640$79,990
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$52,000$33,250$93,890
Coastal Plains Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$52,000$31,520$92,060
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$51,560$43,260$64,110
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$50,790$22,460$83,600
Jackson, MS$50,260$37,440$102,340
Odessa, TX$50,200$37,590$95,710
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$49,670$31,150$96,650
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$49,640$25,580$85,760
Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$49,390$29,240$92,060
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$49,130$32,200$83,600
Lafayette, LA$48,970$31,530$78,490
Monroe, LA$48,780$35,860$86,450
North Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$48,640$29,240$89,690
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$48,520$35,950$106,070
Tyler, TX$48,370$31,200$81,340
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$48,250$39,480$84,050
Minnesota$46,610$41,600$107,020
El Paso, TX$46,600$33,440$81,890
San Angelo, TX$45,970$34,340$91,810
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,870$36,690$81,820
Laredo, TX$45,310$28,090$89,920
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$44,550$32,200$83,610
Fort Smith, AR-OK$43,520$35,360$88,990
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$42,000$25,580$74,770
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$40,780$23,980$67,090
Puerto Rico$40,780$23,980$64,790

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Surveyors make?

The median annual salary for a Surveyors is $72,740, with a typical range of $43,680 – $116,330 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Surveyors?

Entry-level Surveyors positions typically start around $43,680 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Surveyorss earn the most?

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