The GISjobs.com Salary Survey

USA - Geospatial

Respondents

Responses: 469
Avg Exp: 8.01 years
Avg Salary: $60,378
Male: 77%
Female: 23%

Education

AD: 6%
BA: 22%
BS: 34%
MA: 7%
MS: 21%
PhD: 1%
None: 5%
Other: 4%

AVG Salary

1 year exp: $47,943
1 year exp: $41,254
2 years exp: $41,134
2 years exp: $46,826
3 years exp: $40,667
3 years exp: $54,905
4 years exp: $48,289
4 years exp: $46,750
5 years exp: $53,284
5 years exp: $44,071
6 years exp: $61,119
6 years exp: $50,483
7 years exp: $73,200
7 years exp: $59,768
8 years exp: $58,000
8 years exp: $63,505
9 years exp: $44,000
9 years exp: $62,000
10 years exp: $69,965
11 years exp: $65,344
12 years exp: $65,710
13 years exp: $57,455
14 years exp: $63,857
15 years exp: $74,599
16 years exp: $77,955
17 years exp: $185,875
18 years exp: $67,143
19 years exp: $83,667
20 years exp: $77,498
21 years exp: $83,020
21+ years exp: $69,100

Products Used

Linux: 9%
Macintosh: 13%
Novell: 1%

 

Unix: 6%
Windows: 78%

Miscellaneous

Access: 25%
C++: 5%
DB2: 2%
dBase: 8%
ER Mapper: 4%
ERDAS: 21%
FoxPro: 1%
GeoMedia: 6%
Idrisi: 2%
InfoCAD: 2%

 

Java: 10%
Leica: 5%
MapInfo: 9%
MicroStation: 6%
MS MapPoint: 4%
MSSQL: 19%
ODBC: 6%
Oracle: 12%
Smallworld: 1%
Visual Basic: 12%

AutoDesk

AutoCAD: 20%
AutoCAD Civil: 6%

 

AutoCAD Map: 9%
Other AutoDesk: 3%

ESRI

ArcCatalog: 71%
ArcEditor: 38%
ArcGIS: 87%
ArcInfo: 38%
ArcMap: 78%

 

ArcPad: 16%
ArcSDE: 33%
ArcView: 41%
Other ESRI: 40%

GPS

Garmin: 28%
Magellan: 6%
Other GPS: 17%

 

Pathfinder: 12%
TomTom: 8%
Trimble: 33%

LIDAR

Other LIDAR: 23%
TerraMatch: 4%
TerraModeller: 6%

 

TerraPhoto: 4%
TerraScan: 5%