The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA-California - Geospatial
Respondents
Responses: 38
Avg Exp: 5.50 years
Avg Salary: 58,996
Male: 71%
Female: 29%
Education
AD: 3%
BA: 37%
BS: 29%
MA: 5%
MS: 21%
None: 3%
Other: 3%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: 54,878
2 years exp: 61,500
2 years exp: 40,000
3 years exp: 65,000
3 years exp: 56,667
4 years exp: 48,000
4 years exp: 48,027
5 years exp: 57,750
6 years exp: 72,000
7 years exp: 65,000
9 years exp: 49,500
10 years exp: 87,833
15 years exp: 79,000
16 years exp: 64,000
20 years exp: 80,000
21 years exp: 70,000
Products Used
Linux: 8%
Macintosh: 16%
Novell: 0%
Unix: 3%
Windows: 61%
Miscellaneous
Access: 26%
C++: 11%
DB2: 0%
dBase: 18%
ER Mapper: 5%
ERDAS: 18%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 8%
Idrisi: 0%
InfoCAD: 3%
Java: 5%
Leica: 5%
MapInfo: 3%
MicroStation: 8%
MS MapPoint: 8%
MSSQL: 11%
ODBC: 5%
Oracle: 8%
Smallworld: 0%
Visual Basic: 5%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 24%
AutoCAD Civil: 3%
AutoCAD Map: 11%
Other AutoDesk: 0%
ESRI
ArcCatalog: 50%
ArcEditor: 26%
ArcGIS: 89%
ArcInfo: 21%
ArcMap: 71%
ArcPad: 11%
ArcSDE: 16%
ArcView: 45%
Other ESRI: 32%
GPS
Garmin: 32%
Magellan: 5%
Other GPS: 8%
Pathfinder: 8%
TomTom: 3%
Trimble: 32%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 5%
TerraMatch: 13%
TerraModeller: 8%
TerraPhoto: 8%
TerraScan: 11%