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421 open jobs
BLS Pay Range
$37,520–$81,630

What Does a Party Chief Do?

A party chief (or crew chief) leads a field survey crew, planning each day's work, running the instrument and data collector, keeping field notes and making sure the crew's measurements are complete and correct before they leave the site.

Party chiefs work for survey firms, engineering firms and contractors on boundary, topographic, construction staking and utility surveys, and the role is a step between instrument operator and licensed surveyor.

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Party Chief Salary

National Median
$54,240
10th–90th Percentile
$37,520–$81,630

Closest available: BLS has no party chief code. This is surveying and mapping technicians (17-3031), the whole crew together, so it runs lower than typical party chief pay; a licensed surveyor running a crew is counted as a surveyor (17-1022). Source: BLS OEWS May 2025, SOC 17-3031 Surveying and Mapping Technicians, national, all industries. BLS pay excludes overtime and the self-employed.

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