The annual salary statistics of aerospace engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of aerospace engineers 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 | $94,370 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $108,830 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $121,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $141,440 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $156,730 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for aerospace engineers 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 $156,730. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $121,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $94,370.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of aerospace engineers from 2012 to 2016.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | $121,870 | 9.63% | 23.97% |
| 2015 | $110,140 | 3.21% | - |
| 2014 | $106,600 | 4.50% | - |
| 2013 | $101,800 | 8.98% | - |
| 2012 | $92,660 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $121,870 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for aerospace engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of aerospace engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 27.0 percent (27.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 31.7 percent (31.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville.