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What surveyors make
Median
$75,440
Bottom tenth
$46,880
Top tenth
$125,590
The national median is $75,440 a year, the bottom tenth earn $46,880 or less and the top tenth $125,590 or more, in the 2025 survey. The survey counts licensed surveyors, not the crew members who hold the rod and run the instrument, who are counted separately as surveying and mapping technicians and paid less.