The annual salary statistics of aerospace engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of aerospace engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $74,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $88,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $136,930 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $176,280 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $195,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for aerospace engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $195,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $136,930. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $74,620.
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 | $136,930 | -6.71% | 8.05% |
| 2021 | $146,120 | 3.52% | - |
| 2020 | $140,980 | -0.35% | - |
| 2019 | $141,480 | 10.27% | - |
| 2018 | $126,950 | 4.69% | - |
| 2017 | $120,990 | 5.44% | - |
| 2016 | $114,410 | 9.96% | - |
| 2015 | $103,020 | 0.95% | - |
| 2014 | $102,040 | -1.23% | - |
| 2013 | $103,300 | -21.89% | - |
| 2012 | $125,910 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $136,930, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for aerospace engineers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $166,930). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of aerospace engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 18.0 percent (18.0%) lower.