WHO ARE WE

You probably could start right here, with 3,900+ registered users, that isn't too bad of a size for sampling.

Let's ask the qestion survey style

In which age bracket are you, surveyor?

1. 20-29
2. 30-39
3. 40-49
4. 50-59
5. 60-65
6. 66 and up

I am at 3.

Divorced white male, 50 years of age. Surveying is my second career, started surveying in 1996. I hold current licenses in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee.

I'm in bracket 3 as well (45 years old).

Surveying has been my primary profession for 20 years (licensed for the last 9).

3

I'm an American #5 with 42+ years experience - licensed for 29, all in the Great State of Arizona

#2

White guy PE & PLS license.

6+

You might also add the licensure state. I am a 3 in NE and SD.

Male Caucazoid
group 5
Originally a HS drop-out when I began surveying in 1969, not so today.
Oklahoma PLS Licensure

40 year old white male married with two kids, second generation surveyor. Started surveying in 1996, obtained an associates degree in 2001, licensed in Colorado in 2005.

Licensed in bracket 1, currently in bracket 2

Age group 4

AAS degree (Paul Smith's College) & BS degree (SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry)

Licensed in New Jersey 1988

Licensed in New York 1990

3 pushing 4.

Licensed in AK since '06.

High school drop out reject with a university degree in geomatics.
Honorary Doctorate from University of Hard Knocks.

Casper Caucasian. English transplant. 'Ancestry' DNA test said I'm 20% Ashkenazi Jew.

Shalom.

6, licensed 1980

Second generation surveyor, Educated in surveying at the University of Florida, Graduated with a BS in Geomatics at age 23, Got my Florida license at age 26 and am currently 39 years old (group 2).

#5 white guy with European roots, PE and LS licensed since 1980 in Kansas. Plenty to do here. No need to wander off to exotic regions such as Okiehoma and Misery. Land surveying is one of several occupations underway currently. Diversification is a smart thing in Boondocks USA. Enjoy learning specifics here from those who are far more specialized.

Male, Caucasian, 4 days short of 70.
Licensed in California in 1972.
Still working part time.

I am a WASP in group 4, next year I will move to group 5. I will have 30 years of licensure in a few months. I am licensed in Arkansas Mississippi and Missouri.

I recently did my manditory Minimum Standards in Missouri and Mississippi. The Missouri class was the biggest wast of my time that I have had in a long time. We listend to an older gentleman drone about the Missouri MTS for 2 hours. The guy from Mississippi actually made it interesting. He gave real world examples of how to meet the requirements and the mistakes that people make.

Age 57. Honky. Some college (no degree). Lic. 1991. 35 years in the business.
I think you're going to find that we are heavily weighted toward the "Chronologically Gifted" end of the chart. Any large organization that employees a lot of surveyors should be looking at the aging of their staff. I think Caltrans has done that. Would US Census data be helpful to you? I don't see it mentioned but I assume that the Occupational Outlook Handbook uses census data in predicting job outlook:

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/architecture-and-engineering/surveyors.htm#tab-6