Surveyors in Pennsylvania earn a median of $75,950 a year (1% above the U.S. median of $75,440), based on about 1,610 jobs. Pay for the same job differs a lot by employer, experience, industry and city within Pennsylvania. These are wages of employees in the occupation, not a forecast for any individual.
Median annual pay
$75,950
1% above the U.S. median of $75,440
Average annual pay
$80,270
Mean wage
Pay range
$52,160–$115,450
10th to 90th percentile
Jobs in the state
1,610
Employees, May 2025
Median hourly pay
$36.51
Before taxes
The state's price level is 97.6 (U.S. average = 100), so a median of $75,950 here equals roughly $77,818 after adjusting for the state's price level.
Explore more: surveyors salary in every state · about this career · Pennsylvania earnings by education and major · Pennsylvania counties
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, state estimates (employees only; self-employed workers are not included); price-level adjustment uses the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities (where 100 is the U.S. average; MajorPays' calculation). Wages are for an occupation in a state as a whole and vary widely by employer, experience, industry and place within the state. MajorPays selected and reorganized these figures; neither agency has approved or endorsed this presentation. See Data sources for each dataset's terms.