GIS Specialist Salary in California

How much does a GIS Specialist make in CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a GIS Specialist in California is $82,668. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $74,170 to $92,393, with most professionals earning between $66,433 and $101,246.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Coachella, CA	Avg. Salary $78,524	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acampo, CA	Avg. Salary $80,143	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Acton, CA	Avg. Salary $82,488	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adelanto, CA	Avg. Salary $78,464	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Adin, CA	Avg. Salary $76,642	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Agoura Hills, CA	Avg. Salary $81,409	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Aguanga, CA	Avg. Salary $78,629	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Ahwahnee, CA	Avg. Salary $74,649	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alameda, CA	Avg. Salary $91,527	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Alamo, CA	Avg. Salary $91,317	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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What does a GIS Specialist do?

Common responsibilities of a GIS Specialist

Creates moderately complex cartographic products, dynamic web maps, static maps, charts, reports and graphs as needed by departments and assists in the management of department/division GIS layers and related data.

May 17, 2023

Management of hardware and software issues, database design and maintenance, technical proficiency, and management of the GIS server.

March 27, 2023

Reviews and interprets disparate data sources to develop, maintain and deliver GIS data products.

July 28, 2022

Demonstrated experience with GPS technology, field data collection techniques, data integration to a GIS, and troubleshooting of equipment and digital files.

November 01, 2022

Develop GIS services supporting flood inundation mapping, excessive rainfall products, and quantitative precipitation forecasts for the initial release of the GIS viewer.

March 08, 2023

Communicates with Engineering and Oil and Gas Department effectively to disseminate information.

March 12, 2023

Maintains project progress reports and works to ensure project task and activity schedules are met.

April 09, 2023

Provide technical expertise on spatial data collection, map series creation, compilation of available geospatial data sets, web mapping, spatial analysis, data visualization and remote sensing.

April 20, 2023

Performs other essential duties which increase production such as automating processes, creating custom client templates, or equations.

April 22, 2023

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California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States. With 39.6 million residents, California is the most populous U.S. state and the third-largest by area. The state capital is Sacramento. The Greater Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nation's second and fifth most populous urban regions, with 18.7 million and 9.7 million residents respectively. Los Angeles is California's most populous city, and the country's second most populous, after New York City. California also has the nation's most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, S...

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