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Surveyor Career Market Report 2026

1,451 active jobs. 153 companies. Median salary $208K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

1,451
Active Job Openings
153
Companies Hiring
$208K
Median Salary (US)
51%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Surveyor market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 51% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $208K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $90K to $291K.

Surveying is the most-demanded skill at 100%

Commercial Real Estate demand rose +9.6pp — fastest-growing skill

daviesriskservices leads hiring with 311 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Senior → Manager (+$165K, +174%)

Salary increase: +$165K · Sample: Senior → Manager

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 5% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager70$208K$260K$291K
Senior9$53K$95K$125K
Junior3$21K$70K$80K

What jumps out

Senior → Manager: +$165K (174%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States66$208KUSD
United Kingdom3$45KGBP

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site1.9%
Remote1.4%
Hybrid0.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Surveying
100%
Commercial Real Estate
47%
Project Management
14%
AutoCAD
7%
AI/LLM
5%
Robotics
3%

Skills on the Rise

Commercial Real Estate ↑+9.6ppAI/LLM ↑+5.0ppRobotics ↑+3.0pp

Declining in Demand

Procurement ↓-43.5ppSOX Compliance ↓-42.1ppJournalism ↓-37.7ppSupply Chain ↓-35.4ppConstruction Management ↓-28.3pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
daviesriskservices31121.4%
Turnertownsend25717.7%
farinspections1228.4%
Cw322.2%
Parsons251.7%
Unitedinfrastructure251.7%
Jobsforhumanity231.6%
Lextorahlds171.2%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States265
United Kingdom210
Nigeria27
Singapore25
United Arab Emirates25
Saudi Arabia19
Australia13
Ireland12

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree79.1%582
Master's Degree8.6%63
Bachelor's Degree6.7%49

Certifications

All certifications below 1% threshold. Certifications carry minimal weight in this profession's hiring decisions.

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