Surveying and Mapping Technicians · SOC 17-3031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Surveying and Mapping Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for surveying and mapping technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (2 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 222 metro areas

Surveying and Mapping Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$101,270	40	0.3
2	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$92,700	860	0.1
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$84,360	360	0.2
4	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$81,120	250	0.2
5	Visalia, CA	$80,680	40	0.2
6	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$79,450	50	0.3
7	Vallejo, CA	$78,790	40	0.3
8	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$78,110	440	0.3
9	Anchorage, AK	$76,970	220	1.2
10	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$76,560	140	0.1
11	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$76,140	740	0.4
12	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$75,990	30	0.1
13	Reno, NV	$73,320	140	0.5
14	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$72,230	380	0.2
15	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$71,940	60	0.3
16	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$68,640	160	0.3
17	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$68,270	40	0.4
18	Bend, OR	$67,410	70	0.6
19	Santa Fe, NM	$66,310	40	0.7
20	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$66,130	30	0.2
21	Bellingham, WA	$64,900	40	0.5
22	Modesto, CA	$64,890	50	0.3
23	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$64,720	50	0.2
24	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$64,600	110	0.2
25	Boulder, CO	$64,570	110	0.6

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Surveying and Mapping Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.