Salary Surveys for GIS

Thursday May 31st 2007
Filed Under Career, Link Library 

Salary surveys and starting points for helping you find the right GIS job at the right compensation level. Find out how to gauge what the market value of your skill level is.

Career Planning at About
Career planning guide Dawn Rosenberg gets you started with these great links.

Bureau of Labor Statistics
Information from this agency of type of work, working conditions, earnings, job outlook and training on GIS related jobs.


COLA Calculator
Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) calculator allows you to compare how far your pay will go between states.

Employment and Salary Trend
Tool that shows hourly ranges along with the historic trend of salaries for each particular geographic field.  Created and hosted on the American Association of Geographers (AAG) web site. 

GISJobs.Com
Salary survey from GISJobs.com based on visitor input. You can view salary averages by state or field as well as see statistics on types of software used and skill sets.

Dr. Thrall’s Email Summation
Summation of salary inputs via email gathered by Dr. Thrall of the University of Florida.

Spatial News 2000 Survey
New survey created by Spatial News to develop a better understanding of the GIS Industry. Responses will be posted on the Spatial News site.

URISA 2006-2007 Survey
Available April 2007, URISA’s survey for the IT and GIS professions looked at over 2,000 respondents. This comprehensive survey looks at job descriptions and salaries as wells the common programming languages and software packages used among GIS professionals. Available now is the 2003 Salary Survey.





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