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ESRI ArcGIS software

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ESRI ArcGIS software is a hot technology software tool tracked in the Geographic information system category of O*NET's Technology Skills file. It appears in the technology profile of 93 occupations that together employ about 15,989,130 workers, with a median wage of $91,290. O*NET flags it as a hot technology — a skill frequently requested in job postings.

Across the occupations that use it, the work is 85th percentile for AI task-exposure (High) — how much of what those jobs do overlaps with what today's AI can attempt. That measures the exposure of the work, not the value of the tool or any sign it is being replaced. See where every tool category sits →

Occupations that use this tool

Occupations whose O*NET technology profile lists ESRI ArcGIS software, ranked by employment. Wage and employment are BLS OEWS (national, cross-industry, May 2024) and describe the occupation, not an individual or the tool's own market.

Occupation Workers Median pay
Software Developers 1,654,440 $133,080
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 1,266,860 $66,780
Human Resources Specialists 917,460 $72,910
Management Analysts 893,900 $101,190
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 861,140 $76,950
Computer User Support Specialists 697,210 $60,340
Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers 630,980 $136,550
Wind Energy Development Managers 630,980 $136,550
Computer Systems Analysts 497,800 $103,790
Health Informatics Specialists 497,800 $103,790
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 439,380 $108,970
Geographic Information Systems Technologists and Technicians 439,380 $108,970
Information Technology Project Managers 439,380 $108,970
Civil Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Transportation Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Water/Wastewater Engineers 355,410 $99,590
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 318,570 $96,800
Mechanical Engineers 286,760 $102,320
Business Intelligence Analysts 233,440 $112,590
Architectural and Engineering Managers 210,340 $167,740
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 199,800 $102,610
Electrical Engineers 188,790 $111,910
Information Security Analysts 179,430 $124,910
Computer Network Architects 177,010 $130,390
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 156,300 $100,590
Photonics Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Wind Energy Engineers 150,750 $117,750
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 134,670 $59,440
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 111,140 $96,690
Intelligence Analysts 110,790 $93,580
Computer Programmers 109,870 $98,670
Architectural and Civil Drafters 109,550 $64,280
Operations Research Analysts 107,760 $91,290
Natural Sciences Managers 100,870 $161,180
Water Resource Specialists 100,870 $161,180
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 93,940 $127,590
Radio Frequency Identification Device Specialists 93,940 $127,590
Climate Change Policy Analysts 84,930 $80,060
Environmental Restoration Planners 84,930 $80,060
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health 84,930 $80,060
Industrial Ecologists 84,930 $80,060
Web Developers 78,860 $90,930
Biological Technicians 76,190 $52,000
Database Administrators 73,180 $104,620
Remote Sensing Technicians 71,400 $60,130
Data Warehousing Specialists 64,770 $135,980
Database Architects 64,770 $135,980
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 62,130 $64,200
Biologists 59,710 $93,330
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 56,720 $51,940
Geodetic Surveyors 53,080 $72,740
Surveyors 53,080 $72,740
Urban and Regional Planners 43,040 $83,720
Mechanical Drafters 39,900 $68,510
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 39,390 $49,490
Computer and Information Research Scientists 38,480 $140,910
Environmental Engineers 37,950 $104,170
Transportation Planners 36,970 $100,340
Social Science Research Assistants 32,940 $58,040
Forest and Conservation Technicians 31,080 $54,310
Exposure quadrant: AI task-overlap percentile vs Median pay AI task-overlap (horizontal) versus median pay (vertical), each as a percentile across all scored occupations, for 40 occupations in occupations that use ESRI ArcGIS software. Overlap measures shared tasks with AI, not automation. Lower overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · higher pay Higher overlap · lower pay Lower overlap · lower pay Forest and Conservation Technicians Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health Geodetic Surveyors Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners Electrical Engineers Intelligence Analysts Brownfield Redevelopment Specialists and Site Managers Surveying and Mapping Technicians Environmental Restoration Planners Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists Architectural and Civil Drafters AI task-overlap percentile → ↑ Median pay
Occupations that use ESRI ArcGIS software, by AI task-overlap and median pay

Related tools

Other software in the Geographic information system category.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "ESRI ArcGIS software." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/software/esri-arcgis-software

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Singulariki. (2026). ESRI ArcGIS software. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/software/esri-arcgis-software

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