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Surveyors Salary in Salinas, California

The annual salary statistics of surveyors in Salinas, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of surveyors in Salinas is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Surveyors in Salinas, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$69,650
25th Percentile Wage
$75,950
50th Percentile Wage
$89,130
75th Percentile Wage
$106,870
90th Percentile Wage
$123,530

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surveyors in Salinas, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $123,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $89,130. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $69,650.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surveyors from 2012 to 2020. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth2-Year Growth
2020
$89,130
6.06% 2.76%
2019
$83,730
-3.51% -
2018
$86,670
- -

Table 2. Compare Surveyors Salary in Salinas with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $89,130 in Salinas is in the middle of salary range for surveyors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of surveyors in Salinas is 26.3 percent (26.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville and 47.7 percent (47.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$121,000
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$118,560
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$110,810
Fresno
$107,600
Napa
$104,960
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$104,310
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$102,800
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$99,340
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$99,020
Modesto
$98,520
Redding
$97,590
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$97,590
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$97,490
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$96,890
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$96,650
Visalia-Porterville
$96,310
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$93,760
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$91,780
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$91,010
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$90,140
Salinas
$89,130
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$84,400
Stockton
$84,080
Bakersfield-Delano
$83,850
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$82,150
Vallejo-Fairfield
$81,440
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$80,410
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$77,890
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$76,130
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$46,630

See also: Top paying jobs in Salinas, California.