Survey Technician Statistics 2026: Job Market, Pay, Demand & Workforce

SurveyorHires had 455 open survey technician listings from 210 employers on November 14, 2026.

66 were first posted in the previous 14 days and 221 in the previous 30 days.

At least 3.7% of survey technician listings were part-time on November 14, 2026.

Listings that name no schedule are counted as full-time, so the real part-time share is likely higher.

The benefit survey technician listings named most often on November 14, 2026 was paid time off, in 38% of listings, followed by health insurance (36.3%).

A listing that does not mention a benefit may still offer it.

To browse the openings themselves, see all survey technician listings.

The federal figure here is for surveying and mapping technicians (SOC 17-3031), the BLS occupation for survey technicians and field crew members, which also counts mapping and GIS technicians.

The median wage for that occupation was $54,240 a year in May 2025 (BLS OEWS, Surveying and Mapping Technicians (SOC 17-3031), national, all industries, May 2025).

The middle half of workers in that occupation earned $45,430 to $66,700 a year.

Employers hiring survey technicians on SurveyorHires advertise a median of $25.25 an hour across 53 employers on November 14, 2026; this is advertised pay, not earnings.

For pay by state, percentile and experience, see the survey technician salary guide.

Texas had the most open survey technician listings on November 14, 2026, with 71 (15.6% of the national total).

Florida followed with 37 (8.1%).

To browse the openings in one state, start with survey technician openings in Texas.

210 employers had open survey technician listings on SurveyorHires on November 14, 2026, and the five largest posted 17.6% of them.

144 employers (68.6%) had exactly one open survey technician listing.

Employers in all industries reported 58,010 surveying and mapping technicians (SOC 17-3031) on payroll in May 2025, at a median of $26.08 an hour ($54,240 a year); the count leaves out the self-employed (BLS OEWS May 2025).

BLS projects employment of surveying and mapping technicians to grow 5.8% from 2025 to 2035, from 58,800 to 62,200 jobs, with about 6,900 openings a year; the projection counts include the self-employed (BLS Employment Projections 2025–35).

60% of the about 58,800 surveying and mapping technician jobs in 2025 were in architectural, engineering and related services (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook).

Architectural, engineering and related services firms (NAICS 541300, which includes survey firms) employed 35,480 surveying and mapping technicians in May 2025, at a median of $50,340 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates).

BLS lists a secondary diploma or equivalent, not a college degree, as the typical entry-level education for surveying and mapping technicians, with moderate-term on-the-job training (BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025 data).

Women were 12.2% of employed surveying and mapping technicians in 2025 (BLS Current Population Survey, 2025 annual averages).

For the survey technician job outlook, see our analysis.

For how to enter the field, see the survey technician career guide.

Listing figures are computed from every active, paid survey technician listing on SurveyorHires at the time shown, and refreshed every six hours.

Listings on a job board are not a random sample of all survey technician jobs, so read them as a picture of current hiring, not of total employment.

This page is published only while the live sample has at least 300 listings from 25 employers.

Advertised pay is the midpoint of the range an employer posts, or its single figure, and hourly and annual postings are never converted into each other.

The headline is the employer median: each employer’s own median, then the median across employers, so a group posting hundreds of openings counts once.

A pay figure needs at least 30 listings from 10 employers and is withheld when one employer posted more than half of them.

Federal figures come from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the other sources listed below, quoted as published, with the year in each sentence.

Instrument operator and rod person listings are counted with this role; party chiefs have a page of their own. The BLS figures are for surveying and mapping technicians (SOC 17-3031) in all industries, an occupation that also includes mapping and GIS technicians. BLS publishes its quartiles as annual figures and most listings post hourly pay, so the two are never converted into each other.