Electrician vs Surveyor

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

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Surveyor pays about 1% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Electrician Surveyor
$80.1k
$81.1k
$29.6k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $134.5k

Electrician

$38.50/hr

per hour · USD

Median over time ▼ -0.5%
$80,500 $80,080
$33.50/hr 25th
$38.50/hr Median
$43.75/hr 75th
$27.71/hr
$49.41/hr
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.00/hr – $110.00/hr · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
45.1%
Live roles
1,264
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Surveyor

$81,120

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -36.4%
$127,500 $81,120
$58.5k 25th
$81.1k Median
$104.2k 75th
$36.9k
$127.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $195k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
48.1%
Live roles
1,302
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Highest-paying jobs

Critical Loop

Master Electrician - Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)

Critical Loop · Torrance (On-Site)

$176,800 – $228,800 Anheuser-Busch

Industrial Controls Electrician

Anheuser-Busch · Van Nuys, California

$92,000 – $213,000 Renuity

1099 Master Electrician

Renuity · Boise, ID

SI

Service Electrician

Sila · Beltsville, MD

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

Electrician Foreman

Clark Construction Group · Capitol Heights, MD

$176,030 – $184,746 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 ACT Power Services

Solar Master Electrician - Worcester, MA

ACT Power Services · Worcester, MA

$93,600 – $176,800 Sunrun

Multifamily Certified Electrician 3

Sunrun · CA, Downey

$117,312 – $156,416 Periodic Labs

Instrumentation & Controls (Technician/Electrician)

Periodic Labs · Menlo Park, CA

$124,000 – $153,600

Highest-paying jobs

LS

Senior Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor

Leland Saylor Associates · San Francisco Bay Area(HQ)

$110,000 – $195,000
LS

Senior Cost Manager/Quantity Surveyor

Leland Saylor Associates · Washington D.C.

$110,000 – $195,000 BKF

Professional Land Surveyor / City Surveyor

BKF · Bakersfield, California, United St…

$139,000 – $170,799 Cumming Group

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Cumming Group · Vacaville, CA

$120,200 – $160,267
VE

Senior Professional Surveyor (PLS)

Verdantas · Marysville CA

$140,000 – $160,000 Apex Companies

Survey Manager/ Senior Surveyor

Apex Companies · Vancouver, WA

$130,000 – $155,000 Altus Group

Senior Quantity Surveyor

Altus Group · Sydney, Australia

$120,000 – $150,000 Apex Companies

Licensed Surveyor

Apex Companies · Roseville, CA

$100,000 – $150,000 Blew & Associates, P.A.

Professional Land Surveyor Fayetteville, AR

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

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

Professional Land Surveyor (Remote)

Blew & Associates, P.A. · United States

$90,000 – $150,000

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Amentum $72,509 39
Ameresco $94,234 16
Mears Group $56,858 13
Sunrun $109,824 11
AE American Electric Power $93,548 11
Johnson Electric $90,948 11
Anheuser-Busch $83,054 11
Base Power Company $81,120 11

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing $81,120 547
BKF $117,500 8
Rentokil Initial Group $36,611 7
SO State of North Carolina $82,208 6
VE Verdantas $100,000 5
Apex Companies $132,500 3
Atwell, LLC $87,360 3
Sedgwick $80,000 3

Electrician salary by location

Location Median Roles
New York $93,865 12
Chicago $90,875 9
Seattle $88,400 3
Los Angeles $75,920 6
Austin $75,140 8
London $57,551 4

Surveyor salary by location

Location Median Roles
New York $82,500 28
Los Angeles $82,500 8
Chicago $82,500 3
London $80,000 3
Denver $79,250 6
Atlanta $76,000 5
Sydney $71,413 3

Electrician vs Surveyor: which pays more?

The median for Electrician is $38.50/hr per year (typically $33.50/hr–$43.75/hr), versus $81,120 for Surveyor ($58,544–$104,225). 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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