The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA-California - Geospatial
Respondents
Responses: 37
Avg Exp: 5.38 years
Avg Salary: 57,509
Male: 70%
Female: 30%
Education
AD: 3%
BA: 38%
BS: 30%
MA: 5%
MS: 22%
None: 3%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: 54,878
2 years exp: 40,000
2 years exp: 61,500
3 years exp: 65,000
3 years exp: 56,667
4 years exp: 48,000
4 years exp: 48,027
5 years exp: 57,750
6 years exp: 72,000
7 years exp: 65,000
9 years exp: 49,500
10 years exp: 74,750
15 years exp: 79,000
16 years exp: 64,000
20 years exp: 80,000
21 years exp: 70,000
Products Used
Linux: 5%
Macintosh: 16%
Novell: 0%
Unix: 3%
Windows: 59%
Miscellaneous
Access: 24%
C++: 11%
DB2: 0%
dBase: 16%
ER Mapper: 5%
ERDAS: 19%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 8%
Idrisi: 0%
InfoCAD: 0%
Java: 5%
Leica: 5%
MapInfo: 3%
MicroStation: 8%
MS MapPoint: 5%
MSSQL: 11%
ODBC: 3%
Oracle: 8%
Smallworld: 0%
Visual Basic: 3%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 22%
AutoCAD Civil: 3%
AutoCAD Map: 8%
Other AutoDesk: 0%
ESRI
ArcCatalog: 49%
ArcEditor: 24%
ArcGIS: 89%
ArcInfo: 19%
ArcMap: 70%
ArcPad: 8%
ArcSDE: 14%
ArcView: 43%
Other ESRI: 30%
GPS
Garmin: 30%
Magellan: 3%
Other GPS: 5%
Pathfinder: 5%
TomTom: 0%
Trimble: 30%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 5%
TerraMatch: 11%
TerraModeller: 5%
TerraPhoto: 5%
TerraScan: 8%