Headline risk
19%
Moderate RiskSurveyors
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
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.
Task evidence
100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 72,740
Employment 2024
56.1K
Projected Change (2024–34)
4.4%
Openings (2024–34)
3.9K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Employment of surveyors is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Direct or conduct surveys to establish legal boundaries for properties, based on legal deeds and titles. AI use: 0%
- 2. Verify the accuracy of survey data, including measurements and calculations conducted at survey sites. AI use: 0%
- 3. Calculate the exact horizontal and vertical position of points on the Earth's surface. AI use: 0%
- 4. Record the results of surveys, including the shape, contour, location, elevation, and dimensions of land or land features. AI use: 0%
- 5. Prepare, or supervise preparation of, all data, charts, plots, maps, records, and documents related to surveys. AI use: 0%
- 6. Analyze control or survey data to ensure adherence to project specifications or land survey standards. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Related
No direct US role match is available yet for this occupation.
Source coverage
10/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
title_match · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Surveyors make precise measurements to determine property boundaries.
Surveying involves both fieldwork and office work. When working outside, surveyors may stand for long periods and walk long distances, sometimes in bad weather. Most surveyors work full time.
Surveyors typically need a bachelor’s degree to enter the occupation. They must be licensed before they can certify legal documents and provide surveying services to the public.
The median annual wage for surveyors was $72,740 in May 2024.
Employment of surveyors is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.