The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA-California
Respondents
Responses: 294
Avg Exp: 6.41 years
Avg Salary: 60,166
Male: 66%
Female: 34%
Education
AD: 6%
BA: 36%
BS: 21%
MA: 8%
MS: 18%
PhD: 2%
None: 5%
Other: 3%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: 39,519
2 years exp: 47,564
3 years exp: 47,733
4 years exp: 50,914
5 years exp: 59,269
6 years exp: 58,043
7 years exp: 75,860
8 years exp: 84,571
9 years exp: 62,889
10 years exp: 71,345
11 years exp: 69,720
12 years exp: 80,643
13 years exp: 74,722
14 years exp: 105,812
15 years exp: 90,077
16 years exp: 99,000
17 years exp: 104,650
18 years exp: 93,200
19 years exp: 83,500
20 years exp: 77,500
21 years exp: 90,227
Products Used
Linux: 8%
Macintosh: 19%
Novell: 1%
Unix: 4%
Windows: 75%
Miscellaneous
Access: 25%
C++: 5%
DB2: 1%
dBase: 9%
ER Mapper: 3%
ERDAS: 12%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 5%
Idrisi: 2%
InfoCAD: 2%
Java: 9%
Leica: 2%
MapInfo: 9%
MicroStation: 6%
MS MapPoint: 5%
MSSQL: 14%
ODBC: 6%
Oracle: 9%
Smallworld: 0%
Visual Basic: 9%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 21%
AutoCAD Civil: 5%
AutoCAD Map: 7%
Other AutoDesk: 2%
ESRI
ArcCatalog: 71%
ArcEditor: 35%
ArcGIS: 88%
ArcInfo: 33%
ArcMap: 80%
ArcPad: 13%
ArcSDE: 29%
ArcView: 36%
Other ESRI: 38%
GPS
Garmin: 28%
Magellan: 5%
Other GPS: 16%
Pathfinder: 10%
TomTom: 7%
Trimble: 26%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 12%
TerraMatch: 2%
TerraModeller: 2%
TerraPhoto: 3%
TerraScan: 5%
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