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Surveyors pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT and Yuba City, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Surveyors is $72,230 per year in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. It is $133,270 per year in Yuba City, CA. Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is 45.8% below Yuba City, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-1022 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 300 wage and salary jobs in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT and 50 in Yuba City, 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