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Surveyors

Measures land to set property lines and guide construction.

Typical education to startBachelor's degree
Job outlook2025–2035: +6%
Median pay$75,440 a year (2025)
Interest codeCRI Conventional, Realistic, Investigative

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Land surveyors use GPS, drones and precise instruments to measure land, mark property lines, and lay out roads and buildings. They split time between fieldwork and mapping on a computer.

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Surveyors on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.