Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists

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2020 Workforce

35.4k

Average Age

42.6

Average Salary

$67,892

Average Male Salary

$71,332

Average Female Salary

$53,440

About

Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are most often employed by the Architectural, engineering & related services industry. The average yearly wage for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists was $67,892 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists by wage are Registered nurses, Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining, and Mining machine operators.

Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are part of the Architecture & engineering occupations, along with Architects, except landscape and naval, Landscape architects, Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, Aerospace engineers, Chemical engineers, and 16 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are Severna Park, Arnold & Lake Shore PUMA, MD, Ionia, Montcalm, Mecosta & Osceola Counties PUMA, MI, and Indiana & Armstrong Counties PUMA, PA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are Humboldt County PUMA, CA, Severna Park, Arnold & Lake Shore PUMA, MD, and Indiana & Armstrong Counties PUMA, PA.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists and on wages and locations 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 Electric & gas, and other combinations. Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are paid most in Frederick County (Outside Greater Frederick City) PUMA, MD but are relatively concentrated in Humboldt County PUMA, CA.

Yearly Wage

$67,892

AVERAGE SALARY

± $6,259

In 2020, Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists earned an average of $67,892, $11,938 more than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Derrick, rotary drill, & service unit operators, & roustabouts, oil, gas, & mining make somewhat more than Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists while Registered nurses make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.311

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.311, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, by number of employees, are Architectural, engineering & related services, Construction, Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, Executive offices & legislative bodies, Administration of economic programs & space research, Management, scientific & technical consulting services, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Public finance activities, National security & international affairs, Support activities for mining, and U. S. Army.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, by average wage, are Electric & gas, and other combinations, National security & international affairs, and Support activities for mining.

Industries by Share

35.4k

2020 Workforce

± 4,616

2.03%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 18.2%

The number of people employed as Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists has been growing at a rate of 2.03%, from 34,657 people in 2019 to 35,359 people in 2020.

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 48.4%, followed by Construction with 8.3% and Administration of environmental quality & housing programs with 6.02%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists in the US. The average age of male Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists in the workforce is 42.8 and of female Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists is 41.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

28.6k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 4,149

6.8k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 2,024

80.8% of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

83.3% of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 5.63% of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists.

Age by Sex

42.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.98

41.8

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 4.24

The median age of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists is 42.6, and Male employees are generally 0.999 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists hold a major in Natural Resources & Conservation.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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 Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Surveyors, cartographers, & photogrammetrists need more than the average amount of Mathematics, Science, and Reading Comprehension.