The annual and hourly salary statistics of all occupations in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage statistics of all occupations in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2012 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
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Table 1 shows the average annual salary for all occupations 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 $131,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $21,880.
| Percentile Bracket | Average Hourly Salary |
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| 90th Percentile Wage | |
| 75th Percentile Wage | |
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Table 2 shows the average hourly salary for all occupations in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California. The average hourly salary for the 90th percentile is $63.32. The median hourly salary is $24.37. The average hourly salary for the bottom 10 percent is $10.52.
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $50,690, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is the second highest paying city for all occupations in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $53,470). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of all occupations in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 5.2 percent (5.2%) lower.
From Table 4, take note that the median annual salary of all occupations in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is higher than that of both state of California and the United States. Specifically, the median salary of all occupations in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City ($50,690) is 23.5 percent (23.5%) higher than that in California ($38,770) and 31.4 percent (31.4%) higher than that in the United States ($34,750).
| Region | Median annual Salary |
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| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City | |
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