The annual salary statistics of art directors in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of art directors 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 | $94,980 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $116,370 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $158,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $208,670 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $194,770 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for art directors 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 $194,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $158,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $94,980.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of art directors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $158,000 | -1.11% | 36.39% |
| 2021 | $159,750 | 30.15% | - |
| 2020 | $111,590 | 0.39% | - |
| 2019 | $111,160 | 0.89% | - |
| 2018 | $110,170 | -12.35% | - |
| 2017 | $123,780 | 3.97% | - |
| 2016 | $118,870 | -6.55% | - |
| 2015 | $126,660 | -0.98% | - |
| 2014 | $127,900 | 9.21% | - |
| 2013 | $116,120 | 13.44% | - |
| 2012 | $100,510 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $158,000, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for art directors in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $158,220). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of art directors in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is .1 percent (.1%) lower.