The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA-Texas
Respondents
Responses: 455
Avg Exp: 8.62 years
Avg Salary: 64,664
Male: 77%
Female: 23%
Education
AD: 7%
BA: 18%
BS: 41%
MA: 4%
MS: 19%
PhD: 2%
None: 5%
Other: 4%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: 38,193
1 year exp: 32,520
2 years exp: 33,010
2 years exp: 43,321
3 years exp: 46,712
3 years exp: 42,220
4 years exp: 53,800
4 years exp: 53,304
5 years exp: 52,829
5 years exp: 53,075
6 years exp: 58,333
6 years exp: 62,156
7 years exp: 52,087
7 years exp: 64,723
8 years exp: 68,636
8 years exp: 57,767
9 years exp: 39,500
9 years exp: 70,269
10 years exp: 59,422
11 years exp: 56,250
12 years exp: 74,971
13 years exp: 80,833
14 years exp: 75,282
15 years exp: 89,526
16 years exp: 78,045
17 years exp: 84,531
18 years exp: 84,550
19 years exp: 72,420
20 years exp: 99,565
21+ years exp: 97,125
21 years exp: 121,470
Products Used
Linux: 6%
Macintosh: 11%
Novell: 2%
Unix: 4%
Windows: 76%
Miscellaneous
Access: 28%
C++: 5%
DB2: 1%
dBase: 9%
ER Mapper: 6%
ERDAS: 14%
FoxPro: 1%
GeoMedia: 3%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 4%
Java: 7%
Leica: 5%
MapInfo: 10%
MicroStation: 8%
MS MapPoint: 2%
MSSQL: 21%
ODBC: 9%
Oracle: 10%
Smallworld: 2%
Visual Basic: 14%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 25%
AutoCAD Civil: 9%
AutoCAD Map: 10%
Other AutoDesk: 3%
ESRI
ArcCatalog: 69%
ArcEditor: 39%
ArcGIS: 80%
ArcInfo: 38%
ArcMap: 73%
ArcPad: 14%
ArcSDE: 35%
ArcView: 42%
Other ESRI: 35%
GPS
Garmin: 24%
Magellan: 7%
Other GPS: 16%
Pathfinder: 8%
TomTom: 7%
Trimble: 33%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 18%
TerraMatch: 3%
TerraModeller: 5%
TerraPhoto: 4%
TerraScan: 5%
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