The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA
Respondents
Responses: 4,653
Avg Exp: 7.67 years
Avg Salary: $58,437
Male: 74%
Female: 26%
Education
AD: 5%
BA: 22%
BS: 37%
MA: 9%
MS: 19%
PhD: 2%
None: 3%
Other: 3%
By State
Alabama (79)
Alaska (34)
Arizona (128)
Arkansas (34)
California (475)
Colorado (241)
Connecticut (20)
Delaware (11)
Florida (258)
Georgia (144)
Hawaii (18)
Idaho (26)
Illinois (136)
Indiana (35)
Iowa (42)
Kansas (43)
Kentucky (67)
Louisiana (57)
Maine (13)
Maryland (134)
Massachusetts (83)
Michigan (103)
Minnesota (96)
Mississippi (39)
Missouri (106)
Montana (26)
Nebraska (26)
Nevada (31)
New Hampshire (25)
New Jersey (76)
New Mexico (31)
New York (126)
North Carolina (172)
North Dakota (13)
Ohio (139)
Oklahoma (59)
Oregon (84)
Pennsylvania (167)
Rhode Island (3)
South Carolina (75)
South Dakota (22)
Tennessee (80)
Texas (465)
Utah (58)
Vermont (14)
Virginia (208)
Washington (128)
Washington DC (45)
West Virginia (19)
Wisconsin (111)
Wyoming (27)
Products Used
Linux: 7%
Macintosh: 11%
Novell: 1%
Unix: 4%
Windows: 78%
Miscellaneous
Access: 29%
C++: 4%
DB2: 1%
dBase: 9%
ER Mapper: 2%
ERDAS: 11%
FoxPro: 1%
GeoMedia: 3%
Idrisi: 2%
InfoCAD: 1%
Java: 7%
Leica: 3%
MapInfo: 6%
MicroStation: 5%
MS MapPoint: 2%
MSSQL: 19%
ODBC: 8%
Oracle: 10%
Smallworld: 1%
Visual Basic: 12%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 19%
AutoCAD Civil: 6%
AutoCAD Map: 8%
Other AutoDesk: 3%
ESRI
ArcCatalog: 66%
ArcEditor: 36%
ArcGIS: 80%
ArcInfo: 35%
ArcMap: 71%
ArcPad: 15%
ArcSDE: 29%
ArcView: 37%
Other ESRI: 37%
GPS
Garmin: 24%
Magellan: 5%
Other GPS: 15%
Pathfinder: 9%
TomTom: 5%
Trimble: 33%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 15%
TerraMatch: 2%
TerraModeller: 3%
TerraPhoto: 2%
TerraScan: 3%
By Job Title
AMFM (7)
Analyst (1055)
Applications Developer (67)
CAD (31)
Cartography (138)
Consultant (89)
Contract & Freelance (15)
Database (34)
Developer (56)
Education (83)
Engineering (74)
Entry Level (189)
Executive (18)
Forestry (22)
Geography (149)
Geology (28)
Geospatial (483)
Government (144)
Hydrology (16)
Information Technology (102)
Intern (49)
Land Use (18)
Manager (369)
Other (44)
Photogrammetry (9)
Planning (58)
Programming (25)
Project Manager (140)
Real Estate (19)
Remote Sensing (46)
Research (38)
Sales & Marketing (20)
Science (16)
Software Development (31)
Specialist (358)
Student (61)
Support (15)
Surveying (32)
Technician (472)
Training (9)
Transportation (10)
Web & Internet (14)