GIS and Mapping Specialist salary: $136K median
The median advertised GIS and Mapping Specialist salary is $136K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $113K to $160K: counted from 156 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $66 an hour or $11,375 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $225K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll GIS and mapping specialist jobs
$136Kmedian advertised salary
$113K – $160Kmiddle half of roles
$146Kaverage advertised salary
156roles counted
GIS and Mapping Specialist salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $235K | 16 |
| 🇺🇸California | $159K | 56 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $136K | 155 |
| 🇺🇸Denver, CO | $130K | 24 |
Skills that pay more for GIS and Mapping Specialist roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| C++ | $224K | +$88K | 16 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open GIS and Mapping Specialist roles
All GIS and mapping specialist jobs- Helix AI Engineer, Localization and MappingFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$200K - $400KC++AIComputer Vision
- Senior Staff Technical Lead Manager - MappingWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$298K - $368KLead and above
- Senior Manager/Director, CartographyZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$242K - $348KLead and above
- Staff Machine Learning Engineer, MappingWaymo · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA, USA$251K - $310KLead and aboveC++Machine LearningPyTorch
- Sr. Calibration, Mapping & Localization Engineer42dot · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, United States$200K - $300KSeniorPythonC++
- Principal Localization Engineer – Location IntelligenceHubble Network · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washin…$183K - $298KLead and abovePythonSQLAWS
- Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Geospatial Platform)Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$220K - $292KSeniorGoPythonAzure
- Senior/Staff Engineer, Machine Learning - Online MappingNuro · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California (HQ)$194K - $291KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningPyTorch
- GeoSpatial Engineer - DoorDash AirDoorDash USA · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$194K - $285KPythonJavaKotlin
- Senior Software Engineer - Mapping WebZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$201K - $275KSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Lead ML Engineer - MappingMay Mobility · 🇺🇸USA - Remote$225K - $275KRemoteLead and abovePythonC++PyTorch
- Lead ML Engineer - Lane & Route Network MappingMay Mobility · 🇺🇸USA - Remote$220K - $270KRemoteLead and abovePythonC++PyTorch
- Staff Frontend Engineer - Mapping & Spatial PlatformVerkada · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA United States$185K - $265KLead and aboveJavaScriptReact
- Senior Autonomy Software Engineer, MappingKodiak · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$200K - $260KSeniorC++AWSComputer Vision
- Senior Scientist, Ensemble–Function MappingAstera · Emeryville HQ$200K - $250KSeniorMachine Learning
- Senior Offline Mapping EngineerQuidient · 🇺🇸Columbia, Maryland, United States$175K - $230KSeniorPythonC++PyTorch
- Mapping Operations LeadApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$115K - $220KLead and abovePythonC++SQL
- Sr. Business Development Manager – National MappingEsri · 🇺🇸Denver, CO - Louisville$114K - $218KSenior
- Sr. Business Development Manager – National MappingEsri · 🇺🇸Redlands, CA$114K - $218KSenior
- Calibration, Mapping & Localization Engineer42dot · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, United States$150K - $205KPythonC++
Questions about GIS and Mapping Specialist pay
- What is the average GIS and Mapping Specialist salary?
- $146K a year on average and $136K at the median, across 156 open GIS and Mapping Specialist postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $113K to $160K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest GIS and Mapping Specialist pay?
- Zoox ($238K), Waymo ($238K), GRVTY ($138K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a gis and mapping specialist a high-paying job?
- The median GIS and Mapping Specialist posting advertises $136K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 22% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a gis and mapping specialist?
- A tenth of the postings offer $225K a year or more; the highest open GIS and Mapping Specialist role advertises up to $400K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the GIS and Mapping Specialist salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $136K a year is about $66 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $11,375 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $54 to $77 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for GIS and Mapping Specialist roles?
- Postings that ask for C++ (+$88K, 16 postings) advertise more than the $136K median of all GIS and Mapping Specialist postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for GIS and Mapping Specialist roles at companies is $136K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $113K to $160K. Counted from 156 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/gis/
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