The GISjobs.com Salary Survey

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California

Respondents

Responses: 350
Avg Exp: 6.76 years
Avg Salary: $64,034
Male: 66%
Female: 34%

Education

AD: 6%
BA: 35%
BS: 23%
MA: 7%
MS: 19%
PhD: 2%
None: 5%
Other: 3%

AVG Salary

1 year exp: $41,898
2 years exp: $46,696
3 years exp: $51,710
4 years exp: $54,301
5 years exp: $59,970
6 years exp: $63,782
7 years exp: $77,280
8 years exp: $90,289
9 years exp: $64,100
10 years exp: $79,317
11 years exp: $69,720
12 years exp: $95,178
13 years exp: $75,318
14 years exp: $104,343
15 years exp: $92,643
16 years exp: $99,000
17 years exp: $104,650
18 years exp: $111,600
19 years exp: $83,500
20 years exp: $77,200
21 years exp: $101,341

Products Used

Linux: 7%
Macintosh: 18%
Novell: 1%

 

Unix: 4%
Windows: 75%

Miscellaneous

Access: 24%
C++: 5%
DB2: 1%
dBase: 8%
ER Mapper: 3%
ERDAS: 10%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 4%
Idrisi: 2%
InfoCAD: 2%

 

Java: 7%
Leica: 3%
MapInfo: 7%
MicroStation: 5%
MS MapPoint: 4%
MSSQL: 15%
ODBC: 6%
Oracle: 8%
Smallworld: 0%
Visual Basic: 8%

AutoDesk

AutoCAD: 21%
AutoCAD Civil: 5%

 

AutoCAD Map: 7%
Other AutoDesk: 3%

ESRI

ArcCatalog: 68%
ArcEditor: 33%
ArcGIS: 88%
ArcInfo: 29%
ArcMap: 77%

 

ArcPad: 11%
ArcSDE: 27%
ArcView: 33%
Other ESRI: 37%

GPS

Garmin: 27%
Magellan: 5%
Other GPS: 15%

 

Pathfinder: 9%
TomTom: 6%
Trimble: 26%

LIDAR

Other LIDAR: 12%
TerraMatch: 2%
TerraModeller: 2%

 

TerraPhoto: 3%
TerraScan: 5%


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