The GISjobs.com Salary Survey

USA - Geospatial

Respondents

Responses: 512
Avg Exp: 7.95 years
Avg Salary: $61,826
Male: 76%
Female: 24%

Education

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

AVG Salary

1 year exp: $47,943
1 year exp: $42,814
2 years exp: $41,134
2 years exp: $47,194
3 years exp: $40,667
3 years exp: $56,362
4 years exp: $52,383
4 years exp: $46,750
5 years exp: $54,121
5 years exp: $44,071
6 years exp: $60,758
6 years exp: $50,483
7 years exp: $73,200
7 years exp: $57,558
8 years exp: $58,000
8 years exp: $65,273
9 years exp: $44,000
9 years exp: $67,273
10 years exp: $71,260
11 years exp: $65,344
12 years exp: $65,651
13 years exp: $57,455
14 years exp: $63,857
15 years exp: $76,319
16 years exp: $81,711
17 years exp: $176,810
18 years exp: $67,143
19 years exp: $84,500
20 years exp: $88,723
21 years exp: $84,838
21+ years exp: $69,100

Products Used

Linux: 10%
Macintosh: 12%
Novell: 1%

 

Unix: 6%
Windows: 78%

Miscellaneous

Access: 24%
C++: 5%
DB2: 2%
dBase: 8%
ER Mapper: 4%
ERDAS: 21%
FoxPro: 1%
GeoMedia: 6%
Idrisi: 2%
InfoCAD: 3%

 

Java: 10%
Leica: 5%
MapInfo: 9%
MicroStation: 6%
MS MapPoint: 4%
MSSQL: 19%
ODBC: 6%
Oracle: 12%
Smallworld: 1%
Visual Basic: 11%

AutoDesk

AutoCAD: 20%
AutoCAD Civil: 6%

 

AutoCAD Map: 9%
Other AutoDesk: 3%

ESRI

ArcCatalog: 69%
ArcEditor: 37%
ArcGIS: 87%
ArcInfo: 36%
ArcMap: 76%

 

ArcPad: 16%
ArcSDE: 32%
ArcView: 40%
Other ESRI: 41%

GPS

Garmin: 27%
Magellan: 6%
Other GPS: 18%

 

Pathfinder: 12%
TomTom: 8%
Trimble: 32%

LIDAR

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

 

TerraPhoto: 4%
TerraScan: 5%