Surveyors Salary — Allentown, Pennsylvania

The average Surveyors in Allentown, Pennsylvania earns $77,820 a year.

$77,820 / year, mean
↓ 5.4% below national average 44th percentile in Pennsylvania

Allentown sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Pennsylvania — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's close to the national average for surveyors — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
80
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.4%
Cost of living 100 #61 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $363,989 #73 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $82,602 #41 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Allentown ranks #61 for cost of living and #73 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Yuba City $127,690 San Francisco $126,380 Redding $124,490 Sacramento $120,210 Stockton $118,870 Vallejo $117,030 San Jose $116,770 San Luis Obispo $111,600 Fresno $110,060 San Diego $108,630 Santa Maria $106,490 Riverside $106,390 Santa Rosa $105,720 Los Angeles $105,400 Salinas $105,190 Salem $104,470 Modesto $104,370 Kennewick $103,300 Bellingham $102,510 Oxnard $101,980 Portland $100,080 Seattle $97,590 Fort Wayne $95,080 Olympia $95,050 Bend $94,140 New York $93,290 Bakersfield $91,730 Spokane $91,460 Evansville $88,620 Eugene $87,550 Springfield $87,290 Indianapolis $85,820 Philadelphia $85,010 Chicago $83,940 South Bend $83,600 Trenton $83,130 Pittsburgh $82,370 Kiryas Joel $81,560 Miami $81,320 Atlantic City $81,010 Syracuse $80,760 Lancaster $80,240 York $79,950 Buffalo $79,840 Scranton $79,750 Richmond $79,720 Palm Bay $78,250 Grand Rapids $77,930 Lakeland $77,850 Allentown $77,820 Jacksonville $77,790 Port St. Lucie $77,760 Peoria $77,750 Louisville $77,630 Orlando $77,490 Albany $77,180 Killeen $76,620 Naples $76,550 Sherman $76,310 Harrisburg $75,930 Tampa $75,880 Charlottesville $75,780 Tallahassee $75,700 Reading $75,610 Midland $75,500 Virginia Beach $75,490 Lansing $75,140 Lexington $74,680 Dallas $74,580 Sebastian $74,450 Gainesville $74,250 Sarasota $74,030 Rochester $73,730 Crestview $72,730 Houston $72,690 Panama City $72,040 Beaumont $71,990 Wildwood $71,290 Huntington $71,140 Detroit $70,650 Odessa $70,050 Fort Myers $69,940 Austin $69,720 Lexington Park $69,160 Pensacola $69,040 Waco $68,750 Bowling Green $67,780 Deltona $67,340 San Antonio $67,270 Ocala $66,650 Tyler $66,210 Longview $65,810 Hagerstown $65,480 Charleston $64,890 Wheeling $64,710 Corpus Christi $64,660 El Paso $63,230 College Station $63,120 Erie $62,890 McAllen $62,070 Lubbock $61,860 Beckley $60,110 Morgantown $55,680
CityMean salaryvs. Allentown
Albany, New York$77,180-0.8%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$81,010+4.1%
Austin, Texas$69,720-10.4%
Bakersfield, California$91,730+17.9%
Beaumont, Texas$71,990-7.5%
Beckley, West Virginia$60,110-22.8%
Bellingham, Washington$102,510+31.7%
Bend, Oregon$94,140+21.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$67,780-12.9%
Buffalo, New York$79,840+2.6%
Fort Myers, Florida$69,940-10.1%
Charleston, West Virginia$64,890-16.6%
Charlottesville, Virginia$75,780-2.6%
Chicago, Illinois$83,940+7.9%
College Station, Texas$63,120-18.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$64,660-16.9%
Crestview, Florida$72,730-6.5%
Dallas, Texas$74,580-4.2%
Deltona, Florida$67,340-13.5%
Detroit, Michigan$70,650-9.2%
El Paso, Texas$63,230-18.7%
Erie, Pennsylvania$62,890-19.2%
Eugene, Oregon$87,550+12.5%
Evansville, Indiana$88,620+13.9%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$95,080+22.2%
Fresno, California$110,060+41.4%
Gainesville, Florida$74,250-4.6%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$77,930+0.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$65,480-15.9%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$75,930-2.4%
Houston, Texas$72,690-6.6%
Huntington, West Virginia$71,140-8.6%
Indianapolis, Indiana$85,820+10.3%
Jacksonville, Florida$77,790-0.0%
Kennewick, Washington$103,300+32.7%
Killeen, Texas$76,620-1.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$81,560+4.8%
Lakeland, Florida$77,850+0.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$80,240+3.1%
Lansing, Michigan$75,140-3.4%
Lexington, Kentucky$74,680-4.0%
Lexington Park, Maryland$69,160-11.1%
Longview, Texas$65,810-15.4%
Los Angeles, California$105,400+35.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$77,630-0.2%
Lubbock, Texas$61,860-20.5%
McAllen, Texas$62,070-20.2%
Miami, Florida$81,320+4.5%
Midland, Texas$75,500-3.0%
Modesto, California$104,370+34.1%
Morgantown, West Virginia$55,680-28.5%
Naples, Florida$76,550-1.6%
New York, New York$93,290+19.9%
Sarasota, Florida$74,030-4.9%
Ocala, Florida$66,650-14.4%
Odessa, Texas$70,050-10.0%
Olympia, Washington$95,050+22.1%
Orlando, Florida$77,490-0.4%
Oxnard, California$101,980+31.0%
Palm Bay, Florida$78,250+0.6%
Panama City, Florida$72,040-7.4%
Pensacola, Florida$69,040-11.3%
Peoria, Illinois$77,750-0.1%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$85,010+9.2%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$82,370+5.8%
Portland, Oregon$100,080+28.6%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$77,760-0.1%
Reading, Pennsylvania$75,610-2.8%
Redding, California$124,490+60.0%
Richmond, Virginia$79,720+2.4%
Riverside, California$106,390+36.7%
Rochester, New York$73,730-5.3%
Sacramento, California$120,210+54.5%
Salem, Oregon$104,470+34.2%
Salinas, California$105,190+35.2%
San Antonio, Texas$67,270-13.6%
San Diego, California$108,630+39.6%
San Francisco, California$126,380+62.4%
San Jose, California$116,770+50.1%
San Luis Obispo, California$111,600+43.4%
Santa Maria, California$106,490+36.8%
Santa Rosa, California$105,720+35.9%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$79,750+2.5%
Seattle, Washington$97,590+25.4%
Sebastian, Florida$74,450-4.3%
Sherman, Texas$76,310-1.9%
South Bend, Indiana$83,600+7.4%
Spokane, Washington$91,460+17.5%
Springfield, Illinois$87,290+12.2%
Stockton, California$118,870+52.7%
Syracuse, New York$80,760+3.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$75,700-2.7%
Tampa, Florida$75,880-2.5%
Trenton, New Jersey$83,130+6.8%
Tyler, Texas$66,210-14.9%
Vallejo, California$117,030+50.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$75,490-3.0%
Waco, Texas$68,750-11.7%
Wheeling, West Virginia$64,710-16.8%
Wildwood, Florida$71,290-8.4%
York, Pennsylvania$79,950+2.7%
Yuba City, California$127,690+64.1%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
77,820/yr
Estimated take-home
61,187/yr
Est. total withheld
21.4%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 17-1022 SOC code
Official area Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 10900 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
BethlehemEaston
Multi-state area: PA;NJ
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: Pennsylvania

Population (metro area)
866,764