The annual salary statistics of aerospace engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of aerospace engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $80,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $107,260 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $136,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $176,420 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $214,920 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for aerospace engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $214,920. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $136,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $80,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of aerospace engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $136,640 | 4.60% | 8.67% |
| 2021 | $130,350 | 1.17% | - |
| 2020 | $128,820 | -0.53% | - |
| 2019 | $129,500 | -2.73% | - |
| 2018 | $133,040 | 4.19% | - |
| 2017 | $127,470 | 2.09% | - |
| 2016 | $124,800 | -0.29% | - |
| 2015 | $125,160 | 0.29% | - |
| 2012 | $124,800 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $136,640 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for aerospace engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of aerospace engineers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 18.1 percent (18.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 39.1 percent (39.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville.