Highest-paying Cities for Surveying and Mapping Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for surveying and mapping technicians (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of surveying and mapping technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $82,850, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is the highest paying city for surveying and mapping technicians. It is followed by Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi (average annual salary $82,470). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of surveying and mapping technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Surveying and Mapping Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$82,850	$59,610	480
2	Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$82,470	$36,100	60
3	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$80,210	$46,080	70
4	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$79,720	$51,500	820
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$78,860	$54,180	130
6	Modesto, California	$78,670	$38,420	30
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$75,120	$48,940	230
8	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$74,980	$44,590	330
9	Anchorage, Alaska	$73,570	$44,460	200
10	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$69,810	$37,960	670
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$68,090	$21,260	510
12	Fairbanks, Alaska	$66,090	$50,070	40
13	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$66,030	$29,750	600
14	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$65,620	$46,790	60
15	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$65,160	$43,980	410
16	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$64,680	$43,380	80
17	Bend, Oregon	$64,410	$49,530	50
18	Stockton, California	$63,930	$46,590	50
19	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$63,010	$41,970	110
20	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$62,870	$43,540	70
21	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$62,770	$38,030	1,660
22	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$62,770	$36,370	30
23	Salinas, California	$62,640	$31,300	60
24	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$62,630	$42,170	160
25	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$62,400	$36,930	30
26	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$62,240	$39,050	400
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$62,220	$39,150	40
28	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$62,130	$44,980	40
29	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$62,090	$43,680	50
30	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$61,540	$40,600	380
31	Las Cruces, New Mexico	$61,330	$39,020	40
32	Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$61,090	$41,600	30
33	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$60,820	$40,390	260
34	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$60,720	$36,860	180
35	Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$60,710	$36,690	40
36	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$60,060	$37,410	40
37	New Haven, Connecticut	$59,800	$40,980	80
38	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$59,770	$38,340	40
39	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$59,620	$36,120	40
40	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$59,610	$46,340	520
41	Flagstaff, Arizona	$59,560	$40,560	40
42	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,370	$46,550	430
43	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$59,350	$45,220	40
44	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$59,130	$44,120	50
45	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$58,780	$37,430	120
46	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$58,730	$40,210	40
47	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$58,730	$30,000	40
48	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$58,630	$43,190	210
49	Lincoln, Nebraska	$58,600	$36,940	80
50	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$58,560	$27,840	40
51	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$58,510	$39,000	50
52	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$58,200	$38,800	730
53	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$58,070	$37,660	330
54	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$57,740	$36,670	730
55	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$57,640	$41,740	30
56	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$57,390	$39,830	390
57	Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$57,380	$28,810	30
58	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$57,200	$44,000	50
59	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$56,950	$33,720	30
60	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$56,350	$35,740	120
61	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$56,240	$30,450	30
62	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$55,740	$34,630	90
63	Boulder, Colorado	$55,550	$35,240	130
64	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$55,250	$35,400	530
65	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$55,160	$34,940	70
66	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$55,110	$30,630	100
67	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$55,090	$36,170	70
68	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$54,820	$29,450	30
69	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$54,820	$30,100	30
70	Reading, Pennsylvania	$54,600	$37,210	40
71	Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana	$54,300	$35,290	60
72	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$54,210	$30,320	70
73	St Marys County, Maryland	$54,130	$24,840	30
74	Greeley, Colorado	$54,080	$40,400	150
75	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$54,040	$35,000	40
76	Bellingham, Washington	$53,600	$39,440	40
77	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$53,170	$41,040	40
78	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$53,130	$29,090	660
79	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$52,990	$32,870	100
80	Manchester, New Hampshire	$52,900	$44,070	70
81	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$52,730	$40,890	40
82	Medford, Oregon	$52,700	$34,620	40
83	Duluth, Wisconsin	$52,570	$39,940	60
84	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$52,480	$31,160	30
85	Bismarck, North Dakota	$52,410	$38,340	30
86	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$52,280	$46,390	30
87	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$52,150	$29,090	60
88	Nashua, New Hampshire	$52,140	$34,340	50
89	Springfield, Massachusetts	$52,000	$36,970	50
90	East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$52,000	$30,550	40
91	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$51,960	$37,240	40
92	Prescott, Arizona	$51,660	$28,590	40
93	Peoria, Illinois	$51,590	$33,640	40
94	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$51,480	$32,690	710
95	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$51,450	$38,890	40
96	Montgomery, Alabama	$51,330	$31,310	40
97	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$51,190	$36,790	910
98	Evansville, Kentucky	$51,180	$28,000	50
99	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$51,170	$36,410	90
100	Tacoma, Washington	$51,140	$31,960	130

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for surveying and mapping technicians.