LIVE PAY DATA / DISCIPLINE

Surveying salary insights

Employer-disclosed pay ranges in current surveying openings—not a compensation survey.

11DISCLOSED
RANGES
POSTING MIDPOINT MEDIAN$95,520Median down 7% since October 2026
DISCLOSED RANGES11Current openings
ACTIVE ROLES24In this discipline
25TH PERCENTILE$81,364A quarter of midpoints are below this
75TH PERCENTILE$115,457A quarter of midpoints are above this
POSTEDAug 20, 2026 – Nov 2, 2026Sample of 11 employer-published ranges

DISCIPLINE PAY SIGNAL

What current postings disclose.

Compensation varies with location, licensure, experience, employer, and field, office, licensure, project-surveyor, and survey-management responsibilities. Hourly ranges are annualized at 2,080 hours only for comparison.

This is a live convenience sample. It is not the average pay of every surveying.

BY EXPERIENCE LEVEL

Pay by seniority.

Median range midpoint by the experience level each posting targets. A level appears only when at least three postings disclose pay.

ExperiencePostingsMedian midpoint
Mid level6$91,440

PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE

PE required or not.

Postings that require a Professional Engineer license against those that don't (EIT or no license). Each group needs at least three disclosed ranges.

LicensePostingsMedian midpoint
No PE required9$87,360

BY WORK MODE

On-site, hybrid, remote.

Median range midpoint by where the work happens, as the employer describes it. A mode appears only with at least three disclosed ranges.

Work modePostingsMedian midpoint
On-site5$110,911
Hybrid5$79,079

BY EMPLOYER

Who discloses what.

Employers with at least three postings that disclose pay, most postings first. One employer's ranges can weigh heavily in a small sample.

EmployerPostingsMedian midpoint
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers5$79,079

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