The experience and pay grade of surveyors is rising, but fewer young people are entering the profession.

Spoiler alert: Surveyors reported earning more in the POB Annual Salary and Benefits Study in 2016 than they reported in the 2015 study.

Each year, POB editors and BNP Media’s market research division team up to ask surveying, mapping and geospatial professionals about the market’s most valuable asset — the people who do the work.

For the fourth year, BNP Media’s market research division worked with POB to conduct a salary and benefits study in order to provide detailed information on the most current salary levels and benefit trends of professionals in the surveying and mapping industry.

Conducted by BNP Media's Market Research department, the 2013 study reveals a number of key trends in surveying and mapping and provides insights on how firms and individuals are dealing with changing markets and converging technologies.