The annual and hourly salary statistics of all occupations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage information of all occupations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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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| 75th Percentile Wage | |
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Table 1 shows the average annual salary for all occupations 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 $143,110. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $20,260.
| Percentile Bracket | Average Hourly Salary |
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| 90th Percentile Wage | |
| 75th Percentile Wage | |
| 50th Percentile Wage | |
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Table 2 shows the average hourly salary for all occupations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California. The average hourly salary for the 90th percentile is $68.80. The median hourly salary is $25.71. The average hourly salary for the bottom 10 percent is $9.74.
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $53,470, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for all occupations in state of California, followed by San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City (median annual salary $50,690). In comparison, the median annual salary of all occupations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 5.2 percent (5.2%) higher than that in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City.
From Table 4, we note that the median annual salary of all occupations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is higher than that of both state of California and the United States. Specifically, the median salary of all occupations in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ($53,470) is 27.5 percent (27.5%) higher than that in California ($38,770) and 35.0 percent (35.0%) higher than that in the United States ($34,750).
| Region | Median annual Salary |
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| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | |
| California | |
| USA |