911 GIS & Addressing Specialist

Also called: E911 Addressing Coordinator

Keeps the maps and addresses used by 911 perfectly accurate so help goes to the right place.

A day in the life

911 GIS specialists add new streets and addresses, fix mapping errors, and make sure a call from a cell phone shows up in the right spot. A wrong address can cost lives.

Pay over a career

Starting
$45k
Typical
$62k
High
$90k

Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.

Training

Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in geography or GIS.

Ways in: 4-year college, Certification. Training cost: $15k – $60k.

Majors to look at: Geography, GIS, Information Technology.

Outlook

Growing about average. Approximate.

Will it last? Our AI estimate

Medium risk for 10 years. AI cleans address data and maps new streets from imagery; humans verify the tricky spots that matter.

Start now, in high school

Classes: Geography / GIS, Computer science, AP Statistics.

Official data: O*NET occupation 15-1299.

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