Electrician vs Surveyor

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

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Surveyor pays about 1% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Electrician Surveyor
$81.1k
$82.2k
$28.6k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $138.9k

Electrician

$39.00/hr

per hour · USD

Median over time ▲ +0.8%
$80,500 $81,120
$33.00/hr 25th
$39.00/hr Median
$43.76/hr 75th
$27.50/hr
$50.00/hr
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $18.50/hr – $92.60/hr · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
45.2%
Live roles
1,323
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Surveyor

$82,208

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -35.5%
$127,500 $82,208
$55.8k 25th
$82.2k Median
$108k 75th
$36.2k
$131.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $237k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
46.6%
Live roles
1,205
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Highest-paying jobs

Anheuser-Busch

Industrial Controls Electrician

Anheuser-Busch · Van Nuys, California

$92,000 – $213,000
NI

Electrician with OCONUS Travel

Nightwing · Sterling, VA

$99,000 – $206,000 Renuity

1099 Master Electrician

Renuity · Boise, ID

SI

Service Electrician

Sila · Beltsville, MD

$100,000 – $200,000
SI

Service Electrician

Sila · Manassas, VA

$100,000 – $200,000 Clark Construction Group

Journeyman Electrician Tech - NICET Level 3

Clark Construction Group · Washington, DC

$192,608 – $192,608 Clark Construction Group

Journeyman Electrician Tech - NICET Level 2

Clark Construction Group · Washington, DC

$186,368 – $186,368 Clark Construction Group

Electrician Foreman

Clark Construction Group · Washington, DC

$176,030 – $184,746 Clark Construction Group

Electrician Foreman

Clark Construction Group · Northern Virginia

$176,030 – $184,746 Clark Construction Group

Electrician Foreman

Clark Construction Group · Capitol Heights, MD

$176,030 – $184,746

Highest-paying jobs

Hitachi

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Hitachi · Oakland, California, United States

$142,209 – $237,015
LS

Senior Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor

Leland Saylor Associates · San Francisco Bay Area(HQ)

$110,000 – $190,000
VE

Senior Professional Surveyor (PLS)

Verdantas · Marysville CA

$140,000 – $160,000 Woolpert

Sr. Surveyor

Woolpert · Cincinnati, OH +3

$139,200 – $160,000 Apex Companies

Survey Manager/ Senior Surveyor

Apex Companies · Vancouver, WA

$130,000 – $155,000 Apex Companies

Licensed Surveyor

Apex Companies · Roseville, CA

$100,000 – $150,000 JPI

Construction Surveyor and Layout Lead

JPI · Greater San Diego Area

$120,000 – $150,000 Blew & Associates, P.A.

Professional Land Surveyor (Remote)

Blew & Associates, P.A. · United States

$90,000 – $150,000 Blew & Associates, P.A.

Professional Land Surveyor Fayetteville, AR

Blew & Associates, P.A. · Fayetteville, Arkansas, United Sta…

$90,000 – $150,000 STV

Staff Surveyor

STV · Dallas, Texas

$130,963 – $149,672

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Amentum $75,816 35
AE American Electric Power $93,548 17
Mears Group $56,798 16
Johnson Electric $92,747 10
Anheuser-Busch $79,206 10
Caterpillar $75,452 10
Power Design $72,800 10
JC Johnson Controls $41,080 10

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing $82,500 491
SO State of North Carolina $82,208 6
Rentokil Initial Group $36,252 6
Woolpert $72,300 5
BKF $117,500 4
VE Verdantas $104,080 4
Apex Companies $132,500 3
Atwell, LLC $87,360 3

Electrician salary by location

Location Median Roles
Seattle $88,400 3
Boston $86,320 3
New York $84,739 11
Chicago $81,754 6
Los Angeles $75,920 6
Austin $61,857 3
London $57,170 6

Surveyor salary by location

Location Median Roles
New York $82,500 25
Los Angeles $82,500 6
Chicago $82,500 4
Denver $82,500 7
Atlanta $76,000 6
London $50,717 3

Electrician vs Surveyor: which pays more?

The median for Electrician is $39.00/hr per year (typically $33.00/hr–$43.76/hr), versus $82,208 for Surveyor ($55,813–$107,995). That puts Surveyor about 1% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Electrician and Surveyor are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.

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