The annual salary statistics of other biological scientists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of other biological scientists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $51,440 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,480 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $98,970 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $125,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $156,220 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other biological scientists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $156,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $98,970. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,440.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other biological scientists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $98,970 | 10.49% | 20.10% |
| 2021 | $88,590 | -10.72% | - |
| 2020 | $98,090 | 2.26% | - |
| 2019 | $95,870 | 6.04% | - |
| 2018 | $90,080 | 9.82% | - |
| 2017 | $81,230 | 2.65% | - |
| 2016 | $79,080 | -0.42% | - |
| 2015 | $79,410 | 0.42% | - |
| 2012 | $79,080 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $98,970 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for other biological scientists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of other biological scientists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 22.5 percent (22.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 38.1 percent (38.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.