The GISjobs.com Salary Survey

Survey Home > USA > Entry Level

Respondents

Responses: 158
Avg Exp: 1.75 years
Avg Salary: $35,981
Male: 65%
Female: 35%

Education

AD: 9%
BA: 25%
BS: 45%
MA: 6%
MS: 11%
None: 1%
Other: 3%

AVG Salary

1 year exp: $37,074
2 years exp: $32,906
3 years exp: $31,142
4 years exp: $30,000
6 years exp: $40,000
13 years exp: $90,000
21 years exp: $54,000

Products Used

Linux: 5%
Macintosh: 27%
Novell: 1%

Unix: 4%
Windows: 73%

Miscellaneous

Access: 17%
C++: 4%
DB2: 1%
dBase: 3%
ER Mapper: 1%
ERDAS: 9%
FoxPro: 0%
GeoMedia: 4%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 4%

Java: 10%
Leica: 3%
MapInfo: 4%
MicroStation: 4%
MS MapPoint: 5%
MSSQL: 6%
ODBC: 1%
Oracle: 5%
Smallworld: 2%
Visual Basic: 5%

AutoDesk

AutoCAD: 16%
AutoCAD Civil: 3%

AutoCAD Map: 5%
Other AutoDesk: 1%

ESRI

ArcCatalog: 63%
ArcEditor: 27%
ArcGIS: 79%
ArcInfo: 20%
ArcMap: 75%

ArcPad: 7%
ArcSDE: 10%
ArcView: 32%
Other ESRI: 23%

GPS

Garmin: 34%
Magellan: 8%
Other GPS: 15%

Pathfinder: 7%
TomTom: 11%
Trimble: 22%

LIDAR

Other LIDAR: 8%
TerraMatch: 3%
TerraModeller: 2%

TerraPhoto: 3%
TerraScan: 5%