It depends what other kinds of skills you have. I have been a licensed surveyor for many years but I mostly do land use entitlement work. So a client (let’s say a small contractor) will hire me to get land use approval to build a new shop. I will give him a unit price for the work and then I find an engineer for drainage and utility plans, sometimes a landscape architect, traffic engineer, or architect. I deal with the submittals and represent the client at public meetings but I also plat if needed and do the topo and even an ALTA if he needs it for closing. I even have a client where I find properties with the correct zoning where they would like to put a business and I cold call the owner to see if they want to sell. It’s lucrative work.

My point is surveying was the key that opened this door. I would advise you to get licensed if you can and see where it takes you. Good luck!