Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
GIS Scientists
GIS Scientists research or develop geospatial technologies. May produce databases, perform applications programming, or coordinate projects. May specialize in areas such as agriculture, mining, health care, retail trade, urban planning, or military intelligence.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $45,760 to $65,630 per year or $22 to $32 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Geospatial Information Scientists and Technologists to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
Level | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
Highest (Top 10%) | $73 | $152,730 |
Senior (Top 25%) | $59 | $122,360 |
Middle (Mid 50%) | $45 | $92,870 |
Junior (Bottom 25%) | $32 | $65,630 |
No experience (Bottom 10%) | $22 | $45,760 |
Highest paying states
State | Hourly | Annual |
---|---|---|
DC | $59 | $122,460 |
MD | $57 | $118,880 |
CO | $53 | $110,870 |
CA | $53 | $110,580 |
VA | $53 | $110,000 |
NH | $48 | $100,170 |
AK | $48 | $98,900 |
WA | $46 | $95,460 |
NJ | $45 | $93,560 |
GA | $45 | $93,480 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Geospatial Information Scientist and Technologist is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid GIS Scientists are in the states of DC, MD, CO, CA and VA.