The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA-Minnesota
Respondents
Responses: 96
Avg Exp: 6.98 years
Avg Salary: 51,695
Male: 74%
Female: 26%
Education
AD: 6%
BA: 27%
BS: 34%
MA: 5%
MS: 22%
PhD: 1%
None: 4%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: 31,000
1 year exp: 36,817
2 years exp: 20,000
2 years exp: 43,234
3 years exp: 27,167
3 years exp: 42,833
4 years exp: 49,333
4 years exp: 51,000
5 years exp: 40,250
5 years exp: 44,357
6 years exp: 52,500
7 years exp: 46,000
7 years exp: 55,500
8 years exp: 51,250
9 years exp: 61,667
10 years exp: 73,450
12 years exp: 51,000
14 years exp: 85,000
15 years exp: 63,183
17 years exp: 78,537
18 years exp: 65,000
20 years exp: 78,500
21+ years exp: 101,500
21 years exp: 88,500
Products Used
Linux: 2%
Macintosh: 10%
Novell: 4%
Unix: 2%
Windows: 74%
Miscellaneous
Access: 32%
C++: 0%
DB2: 2%
dBase: 10%
ER Mapper: 4%
ERDAS: 11%
FoxPro: 3%
GeoMedia: 3%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 2%
Java: 15%
Leica: 2%
MapInfo: 11%
MicroStation: 7%
MS MapPoint: 2%
MSSQL: 22%
ODBC: 11%
Oracle: 7%
Smallworld: 3%
Visual Basic: 21%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 14%
AutoCAD Civil: 7%
AutoCAD Map: 14%
Other AutoDesk: 2%
ESRI
ArcCatalog: 64%
ArcEditor: 32%
ArcGIS: 82%
ArcInfo: 30%
ArcMap: 68%
ArcPad: 23%
ArcSDE: 28%
ArcView: 36%
Other ESRI: 38%
GPS
Garmin: 33%
Magellan: 5%
Other GPS: 18%
Pathfinder: 15%
TomTom: 2%
Trimble: 35%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 17%
TerraMatch: 1%
TerraModeller: 3%
TerraPhoto: 2%
TerraScan: 2%
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