Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists

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2024 Workforce

35k

Average Age

44.1

Average Salary

$85,695

Average Male Salary

$89,666

Average Female Salary

$67,259

About

Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are most often employed by the Architectural, engineering & related services industry. The average yearly wage for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists was $85,695 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are Anchorage Municipality (South) PUMA, AK, Anchorage Municipality (North) PUMA, AK, and Sutter & Yuba Counties--Yuba City & Marysville Cities PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are Onslow County (South)--Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, East Texas COG (Southwest)--Henderson & Anderson Counties PUMA, TX, and Fresno County (East)--Sanger, Reedley & Parlier Cities PUMA, CA.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists workforce. Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists workforce in 2024 was 35,005 people, of which 17.7% were women and 82.3% were men.

Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are paid most in East Anne Arundel County--Severna Park, Arnold & Lake Shore PUMA, MD but are relatively concentrated in Onslow County (South)--Jacksonville City PUMA, NC.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping

28,801

Male Workforce

± 4.17k

6,204

Female Workforce

± 1.93k

The Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists workforce in 2024 was 35,005 people (17.7% women and 82.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of −3.83% between 2014 (36,400) and 2024 (35,005).

Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Nebraska ($114,628), District of Columbia ($114,110), and Texas ($111,706).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$85,695

AVERAGE WAGE

#147 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists earned an average of $85,695, $15,817 more than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.322

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.322, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists and on wages for those in the field. Architectural, engineering & related services is the industry that employs the most Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, by average wage, is Oil & gas extraction ($197,758).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

35k

2024 Workforce

± 4,593

−0.191%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 18.6%

This graphic shows the share of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists employed by various industries. Architectural, engineering & related services employs the largest share of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists at 73.9%, followed by Construction with 13.3% and Administration of economic programs & space research with 6.43%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists in the US. The workforce of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists in 2024 was 35,005 people, with 17.7% woman, and 82.3% men. The average age of male Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists in the workforce is 44.5 and of female Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists is 42.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists in 2024 was 35,005 people, with 17.7% woman, and 82.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (4,256 people), 25 to 29 years (4,221 people), and 40 to 44 years (4,134 people). Among them they concentrated 36.5% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 11.6% of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists workers were Hispanic and 88.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (69.5%), Puerto Rican (12.5)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (7.26)%

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Races

In 2024, 81% of the Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists workforce were White, of which 17.2% were women and 82.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (9.5%) and Other (3.04%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists is Engineering but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Natural Resources & Conservation.

Among the necessary skills for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, Mathematics stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Engineering (6,747 people), Social Sciences (4,425 people), and Natural Resources & Conservation (3,253 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists workers were Bachelors Degree (22,856 people), Graduate Degree (5,049 people), and Some college (3,376 people).

The graphic shows the Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists need many skills, but most especially Mathematics, Reading Comprehension, Writing.