Surveyors Salary in Milwaukee, WI

Surveyors pay range in Milwaukee

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $58,990 a year or less, while the top 10% make $124,380 or more. The middle half of surveyors in Milwaukee earn between $68,850 and $99,880.

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

Surveyors salary after taxes in Milwaukee

On the average salary of $89,250, a single filer in Milwaukee takes home about $67,828 a year, or $5,652 a month and $2,609 every two weeks. Taxes take 24% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Milwaukee area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.9), so the average $89,250 buys what about $92,070 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.6 times the median wage of all jobs in Milwaukee ($51,160). A typical home costs $390,238, or 4.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Surveyors salary in other Wisconsin cities

Milwaukee ranks 1st of 3 Wisconsin metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Surveyors salaries in Wisconsin

Highest-paying cities for surveyors

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

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