The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA - Specialist
Respondents
Responses: 223
Avg Exp: 7.38 years
Avg Salary: $56,468
Male: 68%
Female: 32%
Education
AD: 3%
BA: 24%
BS: 42%
MA: 10%
MS: 17%
PhD: 0%
None: 1%
Other: 2%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: $40,081
2 years exp: $42,924
3 years exp: $47,279
4 years exp: $45,607
5 years exp: $56,871
6 years exp: $62,077
7 years exp: $59,823
8 years exp: $65,510
9 years exp: $64,775
10 years exp: $62,088
11 years exp: $59,349
12 years exp: $73,130
13 years exp: $72,614
14 years exp: $71,000
15 years exp: $76,625
16 years exp: $59,667
17 years exp: $57,300
18 years exp: $72,000
19 years exp: $69,500
20 years exp: $64,000
21 years exp: $73,573
Products Used
Linux: 4%
Macintosh: 8%
Novell: 0%
Unix: 1%
Windows: 83%
Miscellaneous
Access: 25%
C++: 1%
DB2: 1%
dBase: 7%
ER Mapper: 0%
ERDAS: 8%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 1%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 0%
Java: 5%
Leica: 4%
MapInfo: 4%
MicroStation: 5%
MS MapPoint: 1%
MSSQL: 16%
ODBC: 7%
Oracle: 6%
Smallworld: 1%
Visual Basic: 7%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 21%
AutoCAD Civil: 9%
AutoCAD Map: 9%
Other AutoDesk: 3%
ESRI
ArcCatalog: 87%
ArcEditor: 42%
ArcGIS: 94%
ArcInfo: 38%
ArcMap: 89%
ArcPad: 14%
ArcSDE: 35%
ArcView: 39%
Other ESRI: 41%
GPS
Garmin: 23%
Magellan: 2%
Other GPS: 17%
Pathfinder: 12%
TomTom: 2%
Trimble: 43%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 17%
TerraMatch: 1%
TerraModeller: 2%
TerraPhoto: 1%
TerraScan: 4%
