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Surveyors Salary in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California

The annual salary statistics of surveyors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of surveyors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$57,850
25th Percentile Wage
$74,210
50th Percentile Wage
$91,010
75th Percentile Wage
$103,410
90th Percentile Wage
$121,320

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surveyors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $121,320. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $91,010. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,850.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surveyors from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$91,010
3.23% 14.57%
2016
$88,070
3.42% -
2015
$85,060
-3.94% -
2014
$88,410
4.47% -
2013
$84,460
7.94% -
2012
$77,750
- -

Table 2. Compare Surveyors Salary in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $91,010 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for surveyors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of surveyors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 24.8 percent (24.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville and 48.8 percent (48.8%) 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