Salary Survey Results - USA
Respondents
| Total Responses: |
31240 |
| Average Years: |
4.88 |
| Average Salary: |
43,392 |
| Total Males: |
77% |
| Total Females: |
23% |
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| AD Degrees: |
7% |
| BA Degrees: |
16% |
| BS Degrees: |
42% |
| MA Degrees: |
8% |
| MS Degrees: |
15% |
| PhD Degrees: |
2% |
| Other Degrees: |
3% |
| No Degree: |
5% |
Average Salary
| 1 year GIS experience: |
32,146 |
| 2 years GIS experience: |
35,558 |
| 3 years GIS experience: |
40,281 |
| 4 years GIS experience: |
41,842 |
| 5 years GIS experience: |
46,505 |
| 6 years GIS experience: |
47,682 |
| 7 years GIS experience: |
51,007 |
| 8 years GIS experience: |
52,690 |
| 9 years GIS experience: |
52,716 |
| 10 years GIS experience: |
56,113 |
| 11 years GIS experience: |
60,962 |
| 12 years GIS experience: |
60,973 |
| 13 years GIS experience: |
62,908 |
| 14 years GIS experience: |
60,797 |
| 15 years GIS experience: |
65,087 |
| 16 years GIS experience: |
67,051 |
| 17 years GIS experience: |
67,736 |
| 18 years GIS experience: |
68,089 |
| 19 years GIS experience: |
64,867 |
| 20 years GIS experience: |
69,011 |
Software/Vendors Used
| Autodesk(AutoCAD) |
25% |
| Bentley(Microstation) |
10% |
Caliper
(Maptitude, TransCAD) |
1% |
| CARIS |
0% |
| Envi |
4% |
| ER Mapper |
5% |
| ERDAS |
16% |
ESRI
(ArcInfo, ArcView, AtlasGIS, ArcCAD) |
81% |
| Genasys(Genamap) |
0% |
| GRASS |
2% |
| Idrisi |
4% |
| InfoCAD |
2% |
Intergraph
(MGE, GeoMedia, FRAMME) |
13% |
| Leica |
5% |
| MapFactory |
1% |
| MapInfo |
15% |
| Smallworld(Magik) |
2% |
| Spans |
0% |
| Terrasoft |
2% |
| Unix (Mips) |
20% |
|
Access |
59% |
| Novell |
6% |
|
dBASE |
24% |
| Macintosh |
7% |
|
DB2 |
4% |
| NT |
41% |
|
FoxPro |
4% |
| Windows |
78% |
|
Informix |
2% |
| |
|
|
Ingres |
0% |
| AML |
16% |
|
MS SQL |
24% |
| C |
7% |
|
ODBC |
10% |
| C++ |
11% |
|
Oracle |
23% |
| Java |
12% |
|
Sybase |
2% |
| Delphi |
1% |
|
|
|
| Vision |
0% |
|
ILWIS |
0% |
| Visual Basic |
37% |
|
Kork |
0% |
| |
|
|
PCI |
1% |
| Avenue |
15% |
|
ScanUS |
0% |
| EPPL7 |
0% |
|
Softplotter |
1% |
| GeoNet |
1% |
|
Terra Model |
2% |
| GPS |
24% |
|
Wings |
0% |
| GWIS |
0% |
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Job titles
| Analyst/Engineer |
3872 |
| Applications Developer |
3301 |
| Business Real Estate |
369 |
| CAD Analyst |
986 |
| Cartographer |
2389 |
| Data Entry |
380 |
| Educator |
401 |
| Other Educator |
52 |
| Forester |
227 |
| Geographer |
2634 |
| Geologist |
445 |
| Hydrologist |
219 |
| Information Services Administrator |
628 |
| Intern/Student Assistant |
779 |
| Manager |
2939 |
| Photogrammetry |
442 |
| Programmer/Analyst |
2003 |
| Remote Sensing |
843 |
| Researcher |
616 |
| Resource Management |
343 |
| Sales and Marketing |
527 |
| Software Developer |
420 |
| Systems Administrator |
430 |
| Transportation Planner |
295 |
| Technical Support |
386 |
| Technical Writer |
95 |
| Technician |
4385 |
| Urban Planner |
732 |
| Volunteer |
102 |
