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US Cartography Employment Outlook 2010-2020


According to the ArcNews Summer 2012 issue, the occupation listed as “cartographers and photogrammetrists” has a 2010 estimated employment of 14,000 in the US with a projected growth between 2010 and 2012 2020 of 6,100, for a predicted growth rate of 20%-28%.

This growth rate is the highest reported for the 10 GIS related occupations listed in the ArcNews article, tying with “geodetic surveyors” and “surveyors”. Numerically, however, it is still a relatively small portion of GIS work, considering the categories of “geospatial information scientists and technologists” and “geographic information systems technicians” each have a 2010 estimated employment of 210,000.

ArcNews sites the US Bureau of Labor Statistics as the source.

This entry was posted on June 23, 2012, 4:47 pm and is filed under Cartography Profession. You can follow any responses to this entry through RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

  1. #1 by Lai (@cslai2011) on June 23, 2012 - 6:49 pm

    Good Info. RT. “@PetersonGIS: US Cartography Employment Outlook 2010-2020 http://t.co/nJjAVYAe“

  2. #2 by @andre_gavlak on June 24, 2012 - 7:49 am

    US Cartography Employment Outlook 2010-2020 http://t.co/ZPLbj2X6 via @cslai2011 #Cartography #GIS

  3. #3 by @MapSherpa on June 25, 2012 - 10:19 am

    See http://t.co/tP7EMyc7 via @PetersonGIS RT @thecoopertwo: You don’t see a lot of people going into cartography these days.

  4. #4 by @DaleLoberger on June 25, 2012 - 1:25 pm

    US #Cartography Employment Outlook 2010-2020 http://t.co/bMgYld9X via @cslai2011 @andre_gavlak @gary_hayden #GIS

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