The GISjobs.com Salary Survey

USA-California - Technician

Respondents

Responses: 45
Avg Exp: 4.53 years
Avg Salary: 48,324
Male: 62%
Female: 38%

Education

AD: 9%
BA: 36%
BS: 20%
MA: 7%
MS: 7%
None: 7%
Other: 16%

AVG Salary

1 year exp: 25,000
1 year exp: 39,938
2 years exp: 55,526
3 years exp: 41,000
3 years exp: 61,667
4 years exp: 50,600
4 years exp: 47,000
5 years exp: 49,667
6 years exp: 30,000
7 years exp: 45,000
9 years exp: 52,000
9 years exp: 33,000
10 years exp: 62,420
12 years exp: 75,000
21 years exp: 40,000

Products Used

Linux: 0%
Macintosh: 27%
Novell: 0%

 

Unix: 2%
Windows: 67%

Miscellaneous

Access: 13%
C++: 2%
DB2: 0%
dBase: 9%
ER Mapper: 2%
ERDAS: 4%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 2%
Idrisi: 4%
InfoCAD: 0%

 

Java: 4%
Leica: 2%
MapInfo: 7%
MicroStation: 2%
MS MapPoint: 2%
MSSQL: 7%
ODBC: 0%
Oracle: 4%
Smallworld: 0%
Visual Basic: 11%

AutoDesk

AutoCAD: 22%
AutoCAD Civil: 9%

 

AutoCAD Map: 7%
Other AutoDesk: 2%

ESRI

ArcCatalog: 62%
ArcEditor: 31%
ArcGIS: 87%
ArcInfo: 16%
ArcMap: 69%

 

ArcPad: 7%
ArcSDE: 24%
ArcView: 29%
Other ESRI: 24%

GPS

Garmin: 33%
Magellan: 2%
Other GPS: 11%

 

Pathfinder: 11%
TomTom: 4%
Trimble: 24%

LIDAR

Other LIDAR: 4%
TerraMatch: 2%
TerraModeller: 2%

 

TerraPhoto: 4%
TerraScan: 11%