The GISjobs.com Salary Survey

California

Respondents

Responses: 445
Avg Exp: 6.49 years
Avg Salary: $N/A
Male: 69%
Female: 31%

Education

AD: 5%
BA: 36%
BS: 25%
MA: 7%
MS: 18%
PhD: 2%
None: 4%
Other: 3%

AVG Salary

1 year exp: $42,085
2 years exp: $47,690
3 years exp: $53,356
4 years exp: $56,270
5 years exp: $59,678
6 years exp: $67,026
7 years exp: $77,280
8 years exp: $80,621
9 years exp: $71,500
10 years exp: $81,843
11 years exp: $69,720
12 years exp: $95,178
13 years exp: $75,318
14 years exp: $105,151
15 years exp: $94,467
16 years exp: $81,600
17 years exp: $104,650
18 years exp: $114,400
19 years exp: $83,500
20 years exp: $77,200
21 years exp: $108,500

Products Used

Linux: 7%
Macintosh: 17%
Novell: 1%

 

Unix: 3%
Windows: 73%

Miscellaneous

Access: 25%
C++: 4%
DB2: 1%
ER Mapper: 2%
ERDAS: 8%
GeoMedia: 4%
Google Earth Engine: 0%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 2%

 

Java: 7%
Leica: 2%
MapInfo: 7%
MicroStation: 5%
MSSQL: 15%
Oracle: 8%
PostGIS / PostgreSQL: 0%
Smallworld: 0%
SQL Server: 0%

AutoDesk

AutoCAD: 19%
AutoCAD Civil: 5%

 

AutoCAD Map: 6%
Other AutoDesk: 3%

ESRI

ArcGIS: 83%
ArcGIS Field Maps: 0%
ArcGIS Insights: 0%
ArcGIS Online: 0%
ArcGIS Pro: 0%

 

ArcGIS StoryMaps: 0%
ArcPad: 11%
ArcView: 30%
Other ESRI: 37%

GPS

Bad Elf: 0%
DJI: 0%
Garmin: 25%
Other Drone: 0%

 

Other GPS: 14%
Pathfinder: 8%
Trimble: 25%

LIDAR

Other LIDAR: 10%
TerraMatch: 2%
TerraModeller: 2%

 

TerraPhoto: 3%
TerraScan: 5%

OpenSource

GDAL / OGR: 0%
GeoServer: 0%
GRASS GIS: 0%
Leaflet: 0%
MapServer: 0%

 

OpenLayers: 0%
Other Open Source: 0%
PostGIS: 0%
QGIS: 0%
SAGA GIS: 0%

Photogrammetry

Agisoft Metashape: 0%
DJI Terra: 0%
DroneDeploy: 0%

 

Other Photogrammetry: 0%
Pix4D: 0%

Programming

ArcPy: 0%
GeoPandas: 0%
JavaScript: 0%
Other Programming: 0%

 

Python: 0%
R: 0%
SQL: 0%

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