The annual salary statistics of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 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 | $39,920 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,470 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,980 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $74,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $86,510 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks 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 $86,510. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,980. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,920.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $59,980 | 3.38% | 24.21% |
| 2021 | $57,950 | 3.50% | - |
| 2020 | $55,920 | 4.99% | - |
| 2019 | $53,130 | 2.60% | - |
| 2018 | $51,750 | 6.14% | - |
| 2017 | $48,570 | 0.84% | - |
| 2016 | $48,160 | 0.29% | - |
| 2015 | $48,020 | -0.15% | - |
| 2014 | $48,090 | 4.35% | - |
| 2013 | $46,000 | 1.17% | - |
| 2012 | $45,460 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $59,980, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $61,170). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 1.9 percent (1.9%) lower.