The GISjobs.com Salary Survey

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California

Respondents

Responses: 464
Avg Exp: 6.50 years
Avg Salary: $62,661
Male: 69%
Female: 31%

Education

AD: 5%
BA: 35%
BS: 24%
MA: 8%
MS: 19%
PhD: 2%
None: 4%
Other: 3%

AVG Salary

1 year exp: $36,071
1 year exp: $42,331
2 years exp: $35,303
2 years exp: $48,621
3 years exp: $51,000
3 years exp: $51,653
4 years exp: $49,952
4 years exp: $56,265
5 years exp: $62,857
5 years exp: $59,678
6 years exp: $75,900
6 years exp: $63,782
7 years exp: $70,333
7 years exp: $77,280
8 years exp: $90,289
8 years exp: $68,000
9 years exp: $64,100
9 years exp: $56,500
10 years exp: $79,858
11 years exp: $65,606
12 years exp: $96,760
13 years exp: $75,318
14 years exp: $104,343
15 years exp: $91,533
16 years exp: $82,513
17 years exp: $93,820
18 years exp: $111,600
19 years exp: $83,500
20 years exp: $79,150
21 years exp: $105,065

Products Used

Linux: 8%
Macintosh: 16%
Novell: 1%

 

Unix: 4%
Windows: 73%

Miscellaneous

Access: 27%
C++: 4%
DB2: 1%
dBase: 10%
ER Mapper: 2%
ERDAS: 8%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 4%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 2%

 

Java: 8%
Leica: 2%
MapInfo: 7%
MicroStation: 5%
MS MapPoint: 4%
MSSQL: 16%
ODBC: 5%
Oracle: 8%
Smallworld: 0%
Visual Basic: 11%

AutoDesk

AutoCAD: 19%
AutoCAD Civil: 5%

 

AutoCAD Map: 6%
Other AutoDesk: 3%

ESRI

ArcCatalog: 61%
ArcEditor: 31%
ArcGIS: 82%
ArcInfo: 29%
ArcMap: 70%

 

ArcPad: 14%
ArcSDE: 26%
ArcView: 33%
Other ESRI: 37%

GPS

Garmin: 27%
Magellan: 4%
Other GPS: 13%

 

Pathfinder: 8%
TomTom: 5%
Trimble: 28%

LIDAR

Other LIDAR: 10%
TerraMatch: 2%
TerraModeller: 2%

 

TerraPhoto: 3%
TerraScan: 4%


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