The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA - Geography
Respondents
Responses: 138
Avg Exp: 6.09 years
Avg Salary: $N/A
Male: 78%
Female: 22%
Education
AD: 1%
BA: 29%
BS: 39%
MA: 9%
MS: 17%
PhD: 4%
Other: 1%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: $38,312
2 years exp: $38,995
3 years exp: $37,881
4 years exp: $35,000
5 years exp: $43,000
6 years exp: $63,320
7 years exp: $57,706
8 years exp: $53,000
9 years exp: $60,000
10 years exp: $39,000
11 years exp: $78,000
12 years exp: $91,387
13 years exp: $76,000
15 years exp: $73,500
17 years exp: $91,430
18 years exp: $85,000
19 years exp: $67,000
20 years exp: $77,500
21 years exp: $76,734
Products Used
Linux: 7%
Macintosh: 15%
Novell: 0%
Unix: 1%
Windows: 75%
Miscellaneous
Access: 32%
C++: 4%
DB2: 0%
ER Mapper: 1%
ERDAS: 21%
GeoMedia: 5%
Google Earth Engine: 0%
Idrisi: 3%
InfoCAD: 4%
Java: 9%
Leica: 0%
MapInfo: 13%
MicroStation: 5%
MSSQL: 12%
Oracle: 6%
PostGIS / PostgreSQL: 0%
Smallworld: 3%
SQL Server: 0%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 21%
AutoCAD Civil: 5%
AutoCAD Map: 7%
Other AutoDesk: 2%
ESRI
ArcGIS: 86%
ArcGIS Field Maps: 0%
ArcGIS Insights: 0%
ArcGIS Online: 0%
ArcGIS Pro: 0%
ArcGIS StoryMaps: 0%
ArcPad: 14%
ArcView: 41%
Other ESRI: 41%
GPS
Bad Elf: 0%
DJI: 0%
Garmin: 41%
Other Drone: 0%
Other GPS: 17%
Pathfinder: 15%
Trimble: 38%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 24%
TerraMatch: 4%
TerraModeller: 3%
TerraPhoto: 3%
TerraScan: 4%
OpenSource
GDAL / OGR: 0%
GeoServer: 0%
GRASS GIS: 0%
Leaflet: 0%
MapServer: 0%
OpenLayers: 0%
Other Open Source: 0%
PostGIS: 0%
QGIS: 0%
SAGA GIS: 0%
Photogrammetry
Agisoft Metashape: 0%
DJI Terra: 0%
DroneDeploy: 0%
Other Photogrammetry: 0%
Pix4D: 0%
Programming
ArcPy: 0%
GeoPandas: 0%
JavaScript: 0%
Other Programming: 0%
Python: 0%
R: 0%
SQL: 0%
