How Much Do Geodetic Surveyors Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Geodetic Surveyors

Geodetic Surveyors measure large areas of the Earth's surface using satellite observations, global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), light detection and ranging (LIDAR), or related sources.

Salary
$70260
Becoming One
Hard
Education
Bachelor's degree
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Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$70260 per year
Hourly wage
$34 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$37,690 to $49,250 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$18 to $24 per hour

Entry-level Geodetic Surveyors with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $37,690 to $49,250 per year or $18 to $24 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
B

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Geodetic Surveyors to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $52 $109,010
Senior (Top 25%) $42 $87,480
Middle (Mid 50%) $32 $65,590
Junior (Bottom 25%) $24 $49,250
No experience (Bottom 10%) $18 $37,690

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CA $47 $97,650
NJ $43 $89,040
AK $42 $88,190
WA $42 $87,620
NM $41 $85,610
NV $40 $82,380
NY $40 $82,350
ND $37 $76,670
IL $36 $75,410
NC $36 $74,850

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Geodetic Surveyor is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Geodetic Surveyors are in the states of CA, NJ, AK, WA and NM.

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