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Surveying and Mapping Technicians pay in Birmingham, AL and San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Surveying and Mapping Technicians is $47,520 per year in Birmingham, AL. It is $101,270 per year in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. Birmingham, AL is 53.1% below San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 310 wage and salary jobs in Birmingham, AL and 40 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings