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What land surveyors make
Licensed surveyor
$88,000
Articling
$60,000
Senior or owner
$126,000
Job Bank's national median is $42.20 an hour, about $88,000 a year full time. Surveyors who own a firm or work on mining, pipeline and northern projects sit at the top. City firms doing house lot surveys pay less.