The GISjobs.com Salary Survey

USA - Remote Sensing

Respondents

Responses: 51
Avg Exp: 6.49 years
Avg Salary: $59,076
Male: 73%
Female: 27%

Education

AD: 4%
BA: 16%
BS: 24%
MA: 2%
MS: 49%
PhD: 2%
None: 2%
Other: 2%

AVG Salary

1 year exp: $60,000
2 years exp: $37,250
3 years exp: $52,000
3 years exp: $59,333
4 years exp: $45,333
4 years exp: $55,000
5 years exp: $50,667
6 years exp: $68,500
6 years exp: $51,000
7 years exp: $56,000
8 years exp: $100,000
9 years exp: $128,000
10 years exp: $58,042
13 years exp: $70,000
18 years exp: $63,000
21 years exp: $104,500

Products Used

Linux: 24%
Macintosh: 14%
Novell: 6%

Unix: 8%
Windows: 75%

Miscellaneous

Access: 12%
C++: 8%
DB2: 0%
dBase: 2%
ER Mapper: 8%
ERDAS: 53%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 2%
Idrisi: 8%
InfoCAD: 0%

Java: 10%
Leica: 8%
MapInfo: 8%
MicroStation: 2%
MS MapPoint: 2%
MSSQL: 4%
ODBC: 0%
Oracle: 2%
Smallworld: 2%
Visual Basic: 2%

AutoDesk

AutoCAD: 6%
AutoCAD Civil: 2%

AutoCAD Map: 6%
Other AutoDesk: 4%

ESRI

ArcCatalog: 49%
ArcEditor: 20%
ArcGIS: 65%
ArcInfo: 39%
ArcMap: 67%

ArcPad: 8%
ArcSDE: 10%
ArcView: 27%
Other ESRI: 29%

GPS

Garmin: 35%
Magellan: 2%
Other GPS: 8%

Pathfinder: 4%
TomTom: 6%
Trimble: 16%

LIDAR

Other LIDAR: 33%
TerraMatch: 2%
TerraModeller: 8%

TerraPhoto: 12%
TerraScan: 10%