Surveyors Salary in Birmingham, AL

Surveyors pay range in Birmingham

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $38,450 a year or less, while the top 10% make $104,040 or more. The middle half of surveyors in Birmingham earn between $54,240 and $94,290.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Surveyors salary after taxes in Birmingham

On the average salary of $75,040, a single filer in Birmingham takes home about $58,493 a year, or $4,874 a month and $2,250 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). City occupational taxes (for example in Birmingham and Gadsden) are not included.

Is Birmingham a good place for surveyors? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Birmingham area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.6), so the average $75,040 buys what about $81,882 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Birmingham ($47,770). A typical home costs $262,556, or 3.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Surveyors salary in other Alabama cities

Birmingham ranks 3rd of 6 Alabama metro areas for this job; Tuscaloosa pays the most ($78,680).

All Surveyors salaries in Alabama

Highest-paying cities for surveyors

Yuba City, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($127,690).

Surveyors salary by city

Related jobs in Birmingham

• Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$114,410 a year
• Landscape Architects$98,060 a year
• Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors$122,290 a year
• Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$122,240 a year
• Electrical Engineers$117,580 a year
• Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers$109,190 a year
• Civil Engineers$106,280 a year
• Environmental Engineers$105,730 a year

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