The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
Iowa
Respondents
Responses: 41
Avg Exp: 8.85 years
Avg Salary: $N/A
Male: 61%
Female: 39%
Education
AD: 2%
BA: 22%
BS: 32%
MA: 10%
MS: 24%
None: 2%
Other: 7%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: $38,000
2 years exp: $42,500
3 years exp: $45,000
4 years exp: $56,000
5 years exp: $44,498
6 years exp: $49,333
9 years exp: $56,250
10 years exp: $50,429
11 years exp: $83,746
13 years exp: $76,000
15 years exp: $85,500
16 years exp: $94,688
21 years exp: $77,500
Products Used
Linux: 5%
Macintosh: 7%
Novell: 0%
Unix: 0%
Windows: 88%
Miscellaneous
Access: 29%
C++: 2%
DB2: 0%
ER Mapper: 0%
ERDAS: 10%
GeoMedia: 2%
Google Earth Engine: 0%
Idrisi: 0%
InfoCAD: 0%
Java: 15%
Leica: 2%
MapInfo: 2%
MicroStation: 2%
MSSQL: 41%
Oracle: 7%
PostGIS / PostgreSQL: 0%
Smallworld: 0%
SQL Server: 0%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 27%
AutoCAD Civil: 10%
AutoCAD Map: 15%
Other AutoDesk: 2%
ESRI
ArcGIS: 71%
ArcGIS Field Maps: 0%
ArcGIS Insights: 0%
ArcGIS Online: 0%
ArcGIS Pro: 0%
ArcGIS StoryMaps: 0%
ArcPad: 24%
ArcView: 32%
Other ESRI: 32%
GPS
Bad Elf: 0%
DJI: 0%
Garmin: 27%
Other Drone: 0%
Other GPS: 20%
Pathfinder: 7%
Trimble: 37%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 29%
TerraMatch: 0%
TerraModeller: 0%
TerraPhoto: 0%
TerraScan: 0%
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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Manager (5)
Planning (2)
Project Manager (7)
Real Estate (1)
Software Development (1)
Specialist (2)
Technician (3)
Transportation (1)