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Salary Ranges
Employment
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Surveyors can earn excellent salaries.
Surveying is a valued profession that combines strong analytical abilities with high-tech advances.
The average salary for all experience levels of surveying and mapping scientists is nearly $63,000 a year, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s comparable to a civil engineer’s salary, which is a little more than $61,000 a year.
These numbers show the average salary level of an experienced professional.
Surveyor’s salaries will vary depending on the level you strive for.
You can be a business owner or work as a technician on a crew. It's really
up to the individual. As a CEO of a surveying firm, you can make twice the
average shown here.
Entry-level salaries vary across the country but average about
$44,000 for a surveyor with a four-year degree. Of course, starting
salaries could be higher or lower depending on the candidate’s
experience and other factors. Surveying technicians, who generally
have two-year degrees, have an average starting salary of about
$25,000. Surveying technicians assist land surveyors
by operating survey instruments and collecting information in
the field and by performing computations and computer-aided drafting
in offices.
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