City of Charlotte / Charlotte Water Field Operations / GIS Analyst
Job-title file
Collect and analyze data to inform decisions, produce reports, and identify trends.
1 employees hold this title in Charlotte Water Field Operations. Median total compensation for the role is $90,889, above the department median of $61,069.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, the median wage for Computer Occupations, All Other — about 3,290 people — is $110,790. Charlotte Water Field Operations pays a median base salary of $90,889 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 36th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Computer Occupations, All Other across every employer in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Charlotte Water Field Operations’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Computer Occupations, All Other — about 435,370 people — is $116,580. Charlotte Water Field Operations’s median base salary is 22% below that national figure, about the 33rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Charlotte Water Field Operations is $90,889, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
GIS Analyst is held in 6 City of Charlotte departments. In Charlotte Water Field Operations, the median of $90,889 ranks #1 of 6.
Median total compensation for the GIS Analyst role in other City of Charlottedepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In City of Charlotte, the median of $80,407 ranks #3 of 8. See GIS Analyst across all of City of Charlotte →
Median total compensation for comparable GIS Analystroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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GIS Analyst/Charlotte Water Field Operations
Source-specific fields
Renee Medlin is a GIS Analyst at Charlotte Water Field Operations within Cltwt. They work full-time. 2026 total compensation came to $90,889.