The GISjobs.com Salary Survey
USA - Entry Level
Respondents
Responses: 181
Avg Exp: 1.73 years
Avg Salary: $N/A
Male: 68%
Female: 32%
Education
AD: 8%
BA: 25%
BS: 44%
MA: 5%
MS: 12%
None: 3%
Other: 2%
AVG Salary
1 year exp: $37,934
2 years exp: $34,073
3 years exp: $31,819
4 years exp: $30,000
6 years exp: $46,250
13 years exp: $90,000
21 years exp: $54,000
Products Used
Linux: 6%
Macintosh: 25%
Novell: 1%
Unix: 3%
Windows: 73%
Miscellaneous
Access: 17%
C++: 4%
DB2: 1%
ER Mapper: 1%
ERDAS: 8%
GeoMedia: 4%
Google Earth Engine: 0%
Idrisi: 1%
InfoCAD: 4%
Java: 9%
Leica: 3%
MapInfo: 4%
MicroStation: 4%
MSSQL: 5%
Oracle: 8%
PostGIS / PostgreSQL: 0%
Smallworld: 2%
SQL Server: 0%
AutoDesk
AutoCAD: 21%
AutoCAD Civil: 3%
AutoCAD Map: 6%
Other AutoDesk: 1%
ESRI
ArcGIS: 78%
ArcGIS Field Maps: 0%
ArcGIS Insights: 0%
ArcGIS Online: 0%
ArcGIS Pro: 0%
ArcGIS StoryMaps: 0%
ArcPad: 8%
ArcView: 31%
Other ESRI: 24%
GPS
Bad Elf: 0%
DJI: 0%
Garmin: 33%
Other Drone: 0%
Other GPS: 16%
Pathfinder: 8%
Trimble: 20%
LIDAR
Other LIDAR: 8%
TerraMatch: 3%
TerraModeller: 2%
TerraPhoto: 3%
TerraScan: 5%
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%
