The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA - Specialist
Respondents
Responses: 304
Avg Exp: 7.06 years
Avg Salary: $N/A
Male: 71%
Female: 29%
Education
AD: 3%
BA: 25%
BS: 38%
MA: 9%
MS: 17%
PhD: 1%
None: 2%
Other: 3%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: $40,562
2 years exp: $45,295
3 years exp: $43,176
4 years exp: $43,243
5 years exp: $54,679
6 years exp: $58,053
7 years exp: $60,960
8 years exp: $62,506
9 years exp: $60,340
10 years exp: $60,575
11 years exp: $59,349
12 years exp: $73,130
13 years exp: $72,986
14 years exp: $57,800
15 years exp: $69,909
16 years exp: $67,500
17 years exp: $57,300
18 years exp: $72,000
19 years exp: $69,500
20 years exp: $65,500
21 years exp: $75,715
Products Used
Linux: 5%
Macintosh: 7%
Novell: 1%
Unix: 1%
Windows: 82%
Miscellaneous
Access: 27%
C++: 1%
DB2: 1%
ER Mapper: 2%
ERDAS: 8%
GeoMedia: 2%
Google Earth Engine: 0%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 0%
Java: 4%
Leica: 4%
MapInfo: 5%
MicroStation: 4%
MSSQL: 17%
Oracle: 6%
PostGIS / PostgreSQL: 0%
Smallworld: 1%
SQL Server: 0%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 18%
AutoCAD Civil: 8%
AutoCAD Map: 7%
Other AutoDesk: 3%
ESRI
ArcGIS: 83%
ArcGIS Field Maps: 0%
ArcGIS Insights: 0%
ArcGIS Online: 0%
ArcGIS Pro: 0%
ArcGIS StoryMaps: 0%
ArcPad: 16%
ArcView: 32%
Other ESRI: 37%
GPS
Bad Elf: 0%
DJI: 0%
Garmin: 20%
Other Drone: 0%
Other GPS: 14%
Pathfinder: 11%
Trimble: 39%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 13%
TerraMatch: 1%
TerraModeller: 1%
TerraPhoto: 1%
TerraScan: 3%
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%
