DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

17-1022 Surveyors

Occupational Description:
Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota ValleyN/A0N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Minnesota 900131$32.99/hr$1.25/hr$17.57/hr$24.89/hr$33.92/hr$40.34/hr$48.38/hr
U S 45,220859$33.00/hr$0.23/hr$17.54/hr$23.20/hr$30.81/hr$40.86/hr$50.93/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Other Regional Data For Surveyors
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities 510 $36.98/hr N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead 80 $28.64/hr N/A
EDR 4 - West Central 60 $32.67/hr N/A
EDR 5 - North Central 50 $34.16/hr N/A
EDR 7W- Central 40 $34.68/hr N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast 30 $28.35/hr N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters 30 $32.66/hr N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central 20 $31.82/hr N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest N/A N/A N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley N/A N/A N/A
EDR 9 - South Central N/A $9.97/hr N/A
EDR 7E- East Central N/A N/A N/A
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change  - 
Surveying and Mapping TechniciansN/AN/AN/A
Electrical and Electronics DraftersN/AN/AN/A
Cartographers and PhotogrammetristsN/AN/AN/A
Conservation ScientistsN/AN/AN/A
Commercial and Industrial DesignersN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Surveyors