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OSCA 241231Updated 2026-01-29
Cartographer
National shortage level: Low
ANZSCO 232213OSCA 241231
Snapshot
Median pay: AUD 105k
Weekly earnings: AUD 2020
Salary range: AUD 94k-AUD 115k
Job ads trend: Not listed
Time to hire: Varies
Visa pathways: Check eligibility
State distribution
29.1%
WA
18.6%
QLD
18.3%
VIC
Education mix
31.3%
bachelor degree
29.7%
advanced diploma/ diploma
12.4%
Post graduate
Role overview
Cartographers apply scientific, mathematical and cartographic design principles to prepare and revise maps, charts and other forms of cartographic output.
What you do
- • Designs and compiles map manuscripts using digital and graphical source material, including aerial photographs, satellite imagery, survey documents, existing maps and records, reports and statistics.
- • Advises surveyors and other professionals on the data requirements for map production, and on the aesthetic, technical and economic considerations of scales, details to be illustrated, place names and reproduction techniques.
- • Supervises and co-ordinates the work of cartographic technicians in the production and reproduction of maps.
Core skills
Credentials & pathway
- Recommended level: bachelor degree (31.3%)
Recent job ads
No ads listed yet.
Tasks
- • Advises surveyors and other professionals on the data requirements for map production, and on the aesthetic, technical and economic considerations of scales, details to be illustrated, place names and reproduction techniques.
- • Designs and compiles map manuscripts using digital and graphical source material, including aerial photographs, satellite imagery, survey documents, existing maps and records, reports and statistics.
- • Determines the position of points of interest on the earth's surface including marine floors, and prepares the final product data in digital form.
Earnings
Weekly median: AUD 2020
Annual median: AUD 105k
Range: AUD 94k-AUD 115k