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GISP Salary Information
The following information was taken from the URISA 2007 Salary Survey for IT/GIS Professionals. The full comparison report between GISPs and non-GISPs is available as a PDF file.
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Highlights from the report:
How many years of GIS professional experience do you have? |
GISP |
Non-GISP |
Average
12.1 years |
Average
8.7 years |
Median
11.4 years |
Median
7.5 years |
What is the highest level of education you have attained? |
GISP |
Non-GISP |
Bachelor’s degree or higher 87.7% |
Bachelor’s degree or higher
84.0% |
Postgraduate degree(s)
41.8% |
Postgraduate degree(s) 35.5% |
Please select the range that most closely describes your salary for calendar year 2006. |
GISP |
Non-GISP |
Average
$66,308 |
Average
$57,669 |
Median
$65,000 |
Median
$53,984 |
What additional forms of compensation, if any, does your organization offer? |
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GISPs |
Health insurance |
85.7% |
Paid conference attendance |
82.3 |
Paid training |
70.9 |
Retirement plans |
67.0 |
Membership dues in a professional organization |
66.8 |
Professional certification reimbursement or support |
65.2 |
401(k) plans (or similar) |
54.9 |
College tuition reimbursement |
51.6 |
Flex time |
48.9 |
Bonuses |
34.3 |
Stock |
8.7 |
What GIS and geospatial skills are required for your job? |
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GISPs |
Non-GISPs |
Data analysis |
90.9% |
82.8% |
Data acquisition and creation |
85.3 |
78.1 |
Data manipulation |
85.0 |
77.3 |
Editing and querying GIS data |
84.6 |
76.6 |
Cartography and visualization |
79.0 |
75.4 |
Database design |
77.7 |
68.9 |
Database maintenance |
77.0 |
64.5 |
Map composition |
69.7 |
61.7 |
Project P planning and implementation |
65.2 |
55.6 |
Data visualization and reporting |
64.9 |
54.5 |
Quality assurance/Quality control |
63.6 |
54.0 |
Global Positioning Systems (GPS) |
62.1 |
53.3 |
Data modeling |
61.4 |
52.0 |
Geocoding |
61.1 |
49.5 |
Application development |
54.7 |
41.9 |
Database/Systems administration |
53.6 |
39.9 |
Geospatial management |
49.1 |
39.1 |
Maintain GIS Web capabilities |
43.7 |
33.2 |
Programming |
43.5 |
31.8 |
Systems design |
38.2 |
25.5 |
Photogrammetry |
22.5 |
23.4 |
Remote sensing |
21.0 |
21.4 |
Geocomputation |
17.9 |
13.6 |
| What other skills are required for your job? |
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GISPs |
Non-GISPs |
Project management |
83.2% |
74.7% |
Technical support |
77.7 |
72.5 |
Teaching/Training |
72.0 |
62.6 |
Public speaking |
68.2 |
60.9 |
Report writing |
66.0 |
59.3 |
Research |
61.8 |
59.0 |
Budgeting |
58.7 |
51.0 |
Personnel management |
57.4 |
50.6 |
Mathematics |
39.1 |
36.6 |
Cost benefit analysis |
38.9 |
34.1 |
Statistics |
30.7 |
30.2 |
Sales/Marketing |
25.2 |
17.8 |
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