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Surveyors · SOC 17-1022

Surveyors Salary in the Houston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area

Figures describe the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Houston city limits.

Median annual wage$62,960
Median hourly wage$30.27

Surveyors in the Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX metro area earned a median of $62,960 per year ($30.27 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $40,940 at the 10th percentile to $111,610 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,960 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Surveyors in the Houston metro area earn more than $62,960 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,450 and $84,410.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$40,940$49,450$62,960$84,410$111,610
Hourly$19.69$23.77$30.27$40.58$53.66

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

  • Houston metro areathis metro area
    $62,960
  • Texasstate (TX)
    $61,150
  • United Statesnational
    $75,440

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

The median here is +3% vs Texas overall and −17% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$46,060$75,130$104,200$133,270San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $46,060College Station-Bryan, TX — $49,660Lafayette, LA — $49,820Morgantown, WV — $50,220Lubbock, TX — $50,780El Paso, TX — $51,380McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $53,210Erie, PA — $53,650Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $53,920Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $54,240Youngstown-Warren, OH — $55,010Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $55,490Tyler, TX — $56,810Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $57,260Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $57,580Longview, TX — $57,670Ocala, FL — $58,070Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $58,170Beckley, WV — $58,240Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $58,250Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $58,360Waco, TX — $58,430Monroe, LA — $58,920San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $59,140Odessa, TX — $59,660Wheeling, WV-OH — $59,720Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $59,730Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $59,740Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $59,800Chattanooga, TN-GA — $59,850Gainesville, GA — $59,960Charleston, WV — $60,160Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $60,550Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $60,560Tulsa, OK — $60,600Jackson, MS — $60,800Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $60,940Columbus, GA-AL — $60,970Midland, TX — $61,180Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $61,210Akron, OH — $61,500Corpus Christi, TX — $61,650Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $61,720Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $61,890Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $61,960Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $62,370Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $62,630Huntsville, AL — $62,880Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $62,960Lexington Park, MD — $63,130Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $63,680Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $63,800Oklahoma City, OK — $63,880Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $63,900Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $64,010Bangor, ME — $64,120Reading, PA — $64,150Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $64,200North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $64,210Tuscaloosa, AL — $64,280Cleveland, OH — $64,300Omaha, NE-IA — $64,360Lake Charles, LA — $64,520Springfield, MO — $64,910Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $65,000Mobile, AL — $65,110Joplin, MO-KS — $65,340St. Louis, MO-IL — $65,560Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $65,720Charlottesville, VA — $65,820Bowling Green, KY — $65,960Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $66,030Gainesville, FL — $66,290Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $66,340Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $66,390Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $66,440Columbia, SC — $66,580Jacksonville, FL — $66,590Savannah, GA — $66,870Sherman-Denison, TX — $66,980Spartanburg, SC — $68,510Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $68,890Rochester, NY — $69,490Baton Rouge, LA — $69,710Lincoln, NE — $70,010Tallahassee, FL — $70,030Killeen-Temple, TX — $70,270Naples-Marco Island, FL — $71,090Montgomery, AL — $71,210Winston-Salem, NC — $71,320Peoria, IL — $71,350Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $71,550Wichita, KS — $71,750Greeley, CO — $71,950Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $72,100Wilmington, NC — $72,160Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $72,230Port St. Lucie, FL — $72,350Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $72,360Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $72,420Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $72,470Canton-Massillon, OH — $72,750Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $72,800Tucson, AZ — $73,120Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $73,280Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $73,290Ogden, UT — $73,440Kansas City, MO-KS — $73,780Coeur d'Alene, ID — $73,930Asheville, NC — $74,030Knoxville, TN — $74,100Richmond, VA — $74,150Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $74,200Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $74,390Clarksville, TN-KY — $74,410Syracuse, NY — $74,440Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $74,670Birmingham, AL — $74,670Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $74,880Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $74,920Boise City, ID — $75,050Grand Junction, CO — $75,110Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $75,210Duluth, MN-WI — $75,360Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $75,870Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $76,060Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $76,110Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $76,130Cedar Rapids, IA — $76,190Manchester-Nashua, NH — $76,310Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $76,710Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $76,880Lancaster, PA — $76,880Greensboro-High Point, NC — $76,930Boulder, CO — $76,980Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $77,050Pittsburgh, PA — $77,080Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $77,160York-Hanover, PA — $77,170Columbus, OH — $77,320Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $77,920Toledo, OH — $78,140Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $78,170Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $78,230Rapid City, SD — $78,320Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $78,460Springfield, IL — $78,460Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $78,490Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $78,540Reno, NV — $78,640Lexington-Fayette, KY — $78,690Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $78,860Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $78,870Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $79,040Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $79,140Helena, MT — $79,230New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $79,230Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $79,500Colorado Springs, CO — $79,530Bismarck, ND — $79,620Topeka, KS — $79,630Albuquerque, NM — $79,920Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $80,060Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $80,970Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $81,030Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $81,400New Haven, CT — $81,490Green Bay, WI — $81,550Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $81,560Missoula, MT — $81,940Urban Honolulu, HI — $82,070South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $82,170Evansville, IN — $82,920Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $83,420New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $83,610Worcester, MA — $84,270Billings, MT — $84,670Fort Wayne, IN — $84,800Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $85,610Bozeman, MT — $86,380Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $88,050Portland-South Portland, ME — $88,880Eugene-Springfield, OR — $89,630Madison, WI — $90,310Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $91,060Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $91,750Raleigh-Cary, NC — $93,660Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $94,970Bend, OR — $96,240Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $98,610Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $98,810Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $99,030Modesto, CA — $99,270Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $100,510Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $100,920Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $100,930Salinas, CA — $101,120Anchorage, AK — $101,820Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $101,950San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $102,210Fargo, ND-MN — $102,270Salem, OR — $102,880Bellingham, WA — $106,590Fresno, CA — $107,230San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $107,700Kennewick-Richland, WA — $111,400San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $117,160Stockton-Lodi, CA — $120,000Vallejo, CA — $123,590Redding, CA — $124,160San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $125,060Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $128,600Yuba City, CA — $133,270

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 Houston metro area has the 165th-highest published median for this occupation among the 213 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 Texas

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

  • Houston metro areathis page
    $62,960
  • Killeen metro area
    $70,270
  • Sherman metro area
    $66,980
  • Beaumont metro area
    $66,340
  • Dallas metro area
    $66,030
  • Corpus Christi metro area
    $61,650
  • Midland metro area
    $61,180

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:

Civil Engineers$100,950Industrial Engineers$111,690Mechanical Engineers$125,350Electrical Engineers$131,070Petroleum Engineers$169,870Architectural and Civil Drafters$63,120

Highest-paying metro areas for surveyorss · Highest-paying occupations in Houston 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.