The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA - Government
Respondents
Responses: 130
Avg Exp: 10.73 years
Avg Salary: $N/A
Male: 81%
Female: 19%
Education
AD: 6%
BA: 22%
BS: 36%
MA: 7%
MS: 16%
PhD: 2%
None: 7%
Other: 4%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: $51,250
2 years exp: $38,884
3 years exp: $43,667
4 years exp: $62,786
5 years exp: $53,629
6 years exp: $40,000
7 years exp: $41,908
8 years exp: $47,168
9 years exp: $63,550
10 years exp: $72,778
11 years exp: $77,000
12 years exp: $70,333
13 years exp: $77,500
14 years exp: $67,947
15 years exp: $69,458
16 years exp: $106,000
17 years exp: $72,000
18 years exp: $106,238
19 years exp: $54,000
20 years exp: $85,471
21 years exp: $84,845
Products Used
Linux: 5%
Macintosh: 7%
Novell: 2%
Unix: 2%
Windows: 85%
Miscellaneous
Access: 35%
C++: 2%
DB2: 2%
ER Mapper: 2%
ERDAS: 5%
GeoMedia: 2%
Google Earth Engine: 0%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 1%
Java: 7%
Leica: 10%
MapInfo: 5%
MicroStation: 2%
MSSQL: 26%
Oracle: 4%
PostGIS / PostgreSQL: 0%
Smallworld: 1%
SQL Server: 0%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 19%
AutoCAD Civil: 3%
AutoCAD Map: 8%
Other AutoDesk: 2%
ESRI
ArcGIS: 83%
ArcGIS Field Maps: 0%
ArcGIS Insights: 0%
ArcGIS Online: 0%
ArcGIS Pro: 0%
ArcGIS StoryMaps: 0%
ArcPad: 12%
ArcView: 35%
Other ESRI: 49%
GPS
Bad Elf: 0%
DJI: 0%
Garmin: 18%
Other Drone: 0%
Other GPS: 18%
Pathfinder: 9%
Trimble: 41%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 16%
TerraMatch: 1%
TerraModeller: 0%
TerraPhoto: 1%
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%