The annual salary statistics of accountants and auditors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of accountants and auditors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $55,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $67,020 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $84,910 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $105,800 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $140,740 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for accountants and auditors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $140,740. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,910. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $55,720.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of accountants and auditors from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $84,910 | 2.24% | 9.65% |
| 2016 | $83,010 | 0.33% | - |
| 2015 | $82,740 | 3.42% | - |
| 2014 | $79,910 | 2.99% | - |
| 2013 | $77,520 | 1.03% | - |
| 2012 | $76,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $84,910 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for accountants and auditors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of accountants and auditors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 18.0 percent (18.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 29.3 percent (29.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.