Occupational Employment Statistics

DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

17-3031 Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Occupational Description:
Perform surveying and mapping duties, usually under the direction of an engineer, surveyor, cartographer, or photogrammetrist to obtain data used for construction, mapmaking, boundary location, mining, or other purposes. May calculate mapmaking information and create maps from source data, such as surveying notes, aerial photography, satellite data, or other maps to show topographical features, political boundaries, and other features. May verify accuracy and completeness of maps. Excludes “Surveyors" (17-1022), "Cartographers and Photogrammetrists" (17-1021), and "Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers" (19-2042).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
First Quarter 2020

Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
Southeast Minnesota	30	1	$30.73/hr	$20.48/hr	$26.17/hr	$31.44/hr	$36.29/hr	$39.24/hr

Leading Industries for Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Industry	OES Employment (Statewide)	OES Median Wage (Statewide)
Construction	70	$28.79/hr
Trade, Transportation and Utilities	70	$37.77/hr
Information	N/A	N/A
Professional and Business Services	450	$26.56/hr
Public Administration	160	$29.88/hr

Other Regional Data for Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Geography	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2016-2026
Grand Forks ND-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
La Crosse WI-MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mankato-North Mankato MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Rochester MN MSA	N/A	N/A	N/A
Northeast Balance of State	10	$28.13/hr	N/A
Southwest Balance of State	20	$25.63/hr	N/A
Southeast Minnesota	30	$31.44/hr	15.2%
St Cloud MN MSA	30	$26.66/hr	N/A
Southeast Balance of State	30	$27.50/hr	N/A
Northeast Minnesota	50	$23.52/hr	13.6%
Duluth MN-WI MSA	50	$21.32/hr	N/A
Fargo ND-MN MSA	50	$25.76/hr	N/A
Southwest Minnesota	70	$33.52/hr	17.1%
Central Minnesota	80	$29.00/hr	35.9%
Northwest Minnesota	110	$28.92/hr	10.0%
Northwest Balance of State	130	$29.06/hr	N/A
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN	390	$27.79/hr	11.4%
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA	470	$29.20/hr	N/A
Minnesota	750	$28.80/hr	13.6%

Related Occupations

Occupations	Employment	Median Wage	Projections % Change 2016-2026
Cartographers and Photogrammetrists	430	$32.36/hr	26.1%
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	630	$24.67/hr	7.8%
Traffic Technicians	30	$32.14/hr	N/A

Task for Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Set out and recover stakes, marks, and other monumentation.
Conduct surveys to ascertain the locations of natural features and man-made structures on the Earth's surface, underground, and underwater, using electronic distance-measuring equipment and other surveying instruments.
Maintain equipment and vehicles used by surveying crews.
Compare survey computations with applicable standards to determine adequacy of data.
Search for section corners, property irons, and survey points.
Record survey measurements and descriptive data, using notes, drawings, sketches, and inked tracings.
Adjust and operate surveying instruments such as prisms, theodolites, and electronic distance-measuring equipment.
Collect information needed to carry out new surveys, using source maps, previous survey data, photographs, computer records, and other relevant information.
Lay out grids, and determine horizontal and vertical controls.
Design or develop information databases that include geographic or topographic data.