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Surveying and Mapping Technicians · SOC 17-3031

Surveying and Mapping Technicians Salary in the Boston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area

Figures describe the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boston city limits.

Median annual wage$59,820
Median hourly wage$28.76

Surveying and Mapping Technicians in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area earned a median of $59,820 per year ($28.76 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $49,450 at the 10th percentile to $99,990 at the 90th. BLS estimates 560 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Surveying and Mapping Technicians in the Boston metro area earn more than $59,820 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $52,790 and $76,940.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$49,450$52,790$59,820$76,940$99,990
Hourly$23.78$25.38$28.76$36.99$48.07

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boston metro areathis metro area
    $59,820
  • Massachusettsstate (MA)
    $58,730
  • United Statesnational
    $54,240

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Massachusetts overall and +10% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$33,860$56,330$78,800$101,270San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $33,860Laredo, TX — $37,350Tyler, TX — $40,060Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $41,160Florence, SC — $41,430Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $41,600Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $42,480Bowling Green, KY — $42,880Ocala, FL — $43,220Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $43,740Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $44,180Longview, TX — $44,260Lafayette, LA — $44,440Spartanburg, SC — $44,580Dothan, AL — $44,600Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $44,700Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $44,790Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $45,150Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $45,240Mobile, AL — $45,280Goldsboro, NC — $45,310Columbia, SC — $45,370Texarkana, TX-AR — $45,370Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $45,460San Angelo, TX — $45,500Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $45,530Lexington-Fayette, KY — $45,560Montgomery, AL — $45,650Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $45,720Hattiesburg, MS — $45,860Midland, TX — $45,860Evansville, IN — $45,900Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $45,990Charleston, WV — $46,100Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $46,170Gainesville, GA — $46,250Rochester, NY — $46,610Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,700Tulsa, OK — $46,760Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $46,800Oklahoma City, OK — $46,800Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $46,920Jacksonville, FL — $46,960Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $46,980Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,060Corpus Christi, TX — $47,250Syracuse, NY — $47,250Huntsville, AL — $47,280Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $47,320Morgantown, WV — $47,360Medford, OR — $47,400Tallahassee, FL — $47,440Chattanooga, TN-GA — $47,460Jackson, MS — $47,500Birmingham, AL — $47,520College Station-Bryan, TX — $47,600Monroe, LA — $47,670Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $47,700Worcester, MA — $47,710Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,760Roanoke, VA — $47,850Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $47,880Winston-Salem, NC — $47,890McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $47,960Lincoln, NE — $48,080Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $48,160Lynchburg, VA — $48,410San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,430Clarksville, TN-KY — $48,470Springfield, MO — $48,500Omaha, NE-IA — $48,550Boise City, ID — $48,670Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $48,780Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,810Urban Honolulu, HI — $48,850North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $48,890Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $49,130El Paso, TX — $49,150Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,150Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,180Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $49,220Lubbock, TX — $49,220Sherman-Denison, TX — $49,220Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $49,470Amarillo, TX — $49,500Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $49,530Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $49,570Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $49,760Killeen-Temple, TX — $49,780Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $49,850Bangor, ME — $49,910Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $49,950Port St. Lucie, FL — $49,990Knoxville, TN — $50,010Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $50,030Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $50,090Tucson, AZ — $50,260Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $50,270Jacksonville, NC — $50,400Baton Rouge, LA — $50,620Wilmington, NC — $50,670Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,900Charlottesville, VA — $51,690Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $52,150Asheville, NC — $52,400Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $52,670Farmington, NM — $52,670Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $53,560Gainesville, FL — $53,640Tuscaloosa, AL — $53,850Dover, DE — $53,920Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $53,970Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $53,980New Haven, CT — $54,290Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $54,870Wheeling, WV-OH — $55,430Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $55,640Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $55,890Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $55,900Savannah, GA — $56,010Pueblo, CO — $56,240Auburn-Opelika, AL — $56,320Canton-Massillon, OH — $56,560Albuquerque, NM — $56,620South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $56,860Greensboro-High Point, NC — $56,910Wichita, KS — $56,910Winchester, VA-WV — $57,070Yuma, AZ — $57,090Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $57,200Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $57,260Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $57,270Pittsburgh, PA — $57,400Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,410Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $57,470Eugene-Springfield, OR — $57,470New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $57,530Billings, MT — $57,560Idaho Falls, ID — $57,650Greeley, CO — $57,740Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $57,760Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $57,890Missoula, MT — $58,080Fort Wayne, IN — $58,090St. Louis, MO-IL — $58,130Akron, OH — $58,150Fayetteville, NC — $58,280Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $58,380Portland-South Portland, ME — $58,420Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $58,480Las Cruces, NM — $58,700Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $58,780Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $58,850Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $59,170Bismarck, ND — $59,260Iowa City, IA — $59,350Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $59,480Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $59,480Richmond, VA — $59,480York-Hanover, PA — $59,500Cedar Rapids, IA — $59,520Bloomington, IN — $59,730Topeka, KS — $59,770Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $59,820Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $59,850Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $59,870Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $59,960Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $59,970Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $60,040Coeur d'Alene, ID — $60,280Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $60,320Columbus, OH — $60,330Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $60,480Colorado Springs, CO — $60,480Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $60,800Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $60,890Manchester-Nashua, NH — $60,890Waco, TX — $60,960Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $61,090Salem, OR — $61,090Green Bay, WI — $61,210Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $61,220Ogden, UT — $61,280Grand Junction, CO — $61,300Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $61,340Naples-Marco Island, FL — $61,400Duluth, MN-WI — $61,670Fresno, CA — $61,720Cleveland, OH — $61,860Madison, WI — $62,400Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $62,420New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $62,570Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $62,720Bozeman, MT — $62,830Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $63,510Ann Arbor, MI — $63,560Toledo, OH — $63,720Boulder, CO — $64,570Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $64,600Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $64,720Modesto, CA — $64,890Bellingham, WA — $64,900Kennewick-Richland, WA — $66,130Santa Fe, NM — $66,310Bend, OR — $67,410Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $68,270Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $68,640Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $71,940Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $72,230Reno, NV — $73,320Stockton-Lodi, CA — $75,990Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $76,140San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $76,560Anchorage, AK — $76,970San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $78,110Vallejo, CA — $78,790Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $79,450Visalia, CA — $80,680Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $81,120San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $84,360Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $92,700San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $101,270

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boston metro area has the 59th-highest published median for this occupation among the 222 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Massachusetts

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for surveying and mapping technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boston metro areathis page
    $59,820
  • Worcester metro area
    $47,710

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Industrial Engineers$118,970Civil Engineers$107,670Mechanical Engineers$119,300Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$142,920Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers$128,550Electrical Engineers$128,610

Highest-paying metro areas for surveying and mapping technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Boston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.