GIS Analyst salary
What a gis analyst actually earns, from 199 live job postings blended with the official US OEWS (Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics) wage anchor. Pick a market for its median and range, then read the seniority split, the trend, and the country comparison below. Updated 2026-09-06.
What the number means
A gis analyst earns a blended US median near 85,365 dollars, with the typical middle running from 69,982 dollars to 104,690 dollars. The official OEWS median is higher, 108,970 dollars, because job ads skew toward the roles that pay below the occupation-wide average. The official trend has moved up about 23 percent since 2019. Demand is rated high, and 1% of postings are fully remote. The nearest adjacent move on our skill graph is cartographer, at 51 percent coverage; the instrument maps the rest.
Open gis analyst roles
Live openings tagged to this occupation, from company career pages and remote boards. Apply at the source.
GIS Technician at LeidosUnited States · Remote$35k–$63k5d agoApply- Corporate Land GIS Analyst at BpHouston, TX$87k–$102k5d agoApply
FUL-Interdisciplinary GIS Specialist (Temporary) at National Park ServiceYosemite National Park, California$62k–$80k3w agoApply
Remote Geospatial Analyst (LC/GC) at Geo OwlUnited States · RemoteAug 9Apply- GIS Specialist at National Park ServiceSanta Fe, New Mexico$75k–$98kJul 17Apply
- Geospatial Analyst (Hiring Event) at National Geospatial-Intelligence AgencySpringfield, Virginia$58k–$101kJul 13Apply
Switzerland · official wage bands
median CHF 8'730/month
Swiss postings do not state pay, so these are not posted salaries: they are the federal wage survey (Lohnstrukturerhebung 2024) for the ISCO group 21 Naturwissenschaftler, Mathematiker und Ingenieure: standardized gross monthly, full-time, 13th salary included pro rata. The band covers the whole occupation group, which is coarser than this occupation alone.
Annual ≈ CHF 104'760 at the median. Source: Bundesamt für Statistik, LSE 2024.
Top-paying US states
OEWS median by state, highest first.
- Virginia$132,810
- Washington$131,800
- California$128,750
- Colorado$119,560
- Texas$108,170
- North Carolina$106,240
Roles that pay more, that these skills already reach
Median pay from each destination’s own postings, with the readiness a gis analyst profile already covers.
- 43 open aerospace engineer roles$129,497 median · +$44,132 · 12% readiness
- 37 open ux researcher roles$125,877 median · +$40,512 · 14% readiness
- 54 open statistician roles$120,461 median · +$35,096 · 17% readiness
- 4 open computational designer roles$110,797 median · +$25,432 · 13% readiness
Every measured move out of this role, ranked by readiness: alternative careers for a gis analyst.
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Quick answers
How much does a gis analyst make?
The blended US median is about 85,365 dollars, with a typical range from 69,982 dollars to 104,690 dollars, against an official OEWS median of 108,970 dollars.
Is gis analyst a good career in 2026?
Demand for the role is rated high in our July 2026 corpus, with 1% of postings fully remote. The pay is shown above by seniority and by country.
What can a gis analyst move into?
The nearest adjacent role on our skill graph is cartographer, at 51 percent skill coverage. Run the instrument for the full set of reachable moves.
Method: bands are the 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles of live US postings with stated pay, shrunk toward the official OEWS anchor by sample size (the “blended” figure). Trend is the OEWS annual median for SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code 15-1299. Live corpus 199 observations, 2026-09-06. Definitions in the glossary.