The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA - Technician
Respondents
Responses: 334
Avg Exp: 4.23 years
Avg Salary: $44,142
Male: 73%
Female: 27%
Education
AD: 8%
BA: 32%
BS: 40%
MA: 4%
MS: 10%
PhD: 0%
None: 3%
Other: 3%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: $36,325
2 years exp: $41,131
3 years exp: $47,386
4 years exp: $47,297
5 years exp: $48,562
6 years exp: $46,774
7 years exp: $46,667
8 years exp: $46,560
9 years exp: $57,500
10 years exp: $50,571
11 years exp: $47,500
12 years exp: $53,707
13 years exp: $58,233
14 years exp: $50,398
15 years exp: $53,000
16 years exp: $57,240
17 years exp: $84,000
20 years exp: $47,000
21 years exp: $60,329
Products Used
Linux: 4%
Macintosh: 12%
Novell: 1%
Unix: 2%
Windows: 74%
Miscellaneous
Access: 22%
C++: 2%
DB2: 0%
dBase: 9%
ER Mapper: 2%
ERDAS: 8%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 1%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 1%
Java: 5%
Leica: 1%
MapInfo: 5%
MicroStation: 6%
MS MapPoint: 1%
MSSQL: 6%
ODBC: 2%
Oracle: 4%
Smallworld: 4%
Visual Basic: 6%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 23%
AutoCAD Civil: 8%
AutoCAD Map: 7%
Other AutoDesk: 2%
ESRI
ArcCatalog: 75%
ArcEditor: 35%
ArcGIS: 86%
ArcInfo: 25%
ArcMap: 82%
ArcPad: 11%
ArcSDE: 21%
ArcView: 34%
Other ESRI: 26%
GPS
Garmin: 23%
Magellan: 4%
Other GPS: 16%
Pathfinder: 8%
TomTom: 4%
Trimble: 35%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 12%
TerraMatch: 1%
TerraModeller: 2%
TerraPhoto: 1%
TerraScan: 3%
