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Surveyors
Make exact measurements and determine property boundaries. Provide data relevant to the shape, contour, gravitation, location, elevation, or dimension of land or land features on or near the earth's surface for engineering, mapmaking, mining, land evaluation, construction, and other purposes.
What a surveyor does
Become a surveyor
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good surveyor
- Using math to solve problems.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Typical hourly rate is $45 per hour with a typical salary of $88,600 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $32 and $56 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $28,600 and $97,800 per year.
- 60% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The typical hourly rate for part-time workers is $49 per hour with a typical salary of $41,400 per year.
- 35.9% of individuals in this occupation worked part-time during the past year.
Surveyor job outlook
- There are 848 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 145 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 2% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 14% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.