The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
Illinois
Respondents
Responses: 124
Avg Exp: 8.52 years
Avg Salary: $N/A
Male: 74%
Female: 26%
Education
AD: 5%
BA: 15%
BS: 40%
MA: 6%
MS: 31%
None: 3%
Other: 2%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: $36,278
2 years exp: $41,027
3 years exp: $44,261
4 years exp: $38,500
5 years exp: $58,313
6 years exp: $75,000
7 years exp: $64,250
8 years exp: $49,167
9 years exp: $61,000
10 years exp: $68,917
11 years exp: $68,000
12 years exp: $55,000
13 years exp: $74,250
14 years exp: $52,699
15 years exp: $80,168
16 years exp: $64,500
17 years exp: $89,588
18 years exp: $75,000
19 years exp: $75,000
20 years exp: $89,333
21 years exp: $82,800
Products Used
Linux: 10%
Macintosh: 14%
Novell: 2%
Unix: 5%
Windows: 78%
Miscellaneous
Access: 28%
C++: 3%
DB2: 1%
ER Mapper: 2%
ERDAS: 8%
GeoMedia: 3%
Google Earth Engine: 0%
Idrisi: 2%
InfoCAD: 2%
Java: 7%
Leica: 3%
MapInfo: 7%
MicroStation: 8%
MSSQL: 15%
Oracle: 11%
PostGIS / PostgreSQL: 0%
Smallworld: 5%
SQL Server: 0%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 20%
AutoCAD Civil: 4%
AutoCAD Map: 10%
Other AutoDesk: 5%
ESRI
ArcGIS: 81%
ArcGIS Field Maps: 1%
ArcGIS Insights: 1%
ArcGIS Online: 1%
ArcGIS Pro: 1%
ArcGIS StoryMaps: 1%
ArcPad: 8%
ArcView: 44%
Other ESRI: 37%
GPS
Bad Elf: 0%
DJI: 1%
Garmin: 19%
Other Drone: 0%
Other GPS: 16%
Pathfinder: 5%
Trimble: 27%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 10%
TerraMatch: 1%
TerraModeller: 2%
TerraPhoto: 2%
TerraScan: 2%
OpenSource
GDAL / OGR: 0%
GeoServer: 0%
GRASS GIS: 1%
Leaflet: 0%
MapServer: 0%
OpenLayers: 0%
Other Open Source: 0%
PostGIS: 0%
QGIS: 0%
SAGA GIS: 0%
Photogrammetry
Agisoft Metashape: 0%
DJI Terra: 1%
DroneDeploy: 1%
Other Photogrammetry: 0%
Pix4D: 0%
Programming
ArcPy: 0%
GeoPandas: 0%
JavaScript: 0%
Other Programming: 0%
Python: 1%
R: 0%
SQL: 0%
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