The annual salary statistics of cartographers and photogrammetrists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of cartographers and photogrammetrists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $80,820 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $99,630 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $118,430 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $122,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $129,040 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cartographers and photogrammetrists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $129,040. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $118,430. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $80,820.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cartographers and photogrammetrists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $118,430 | -3.73% | 40.16% |
| 2021 | $122,850 | 7.95% | - |
| 2020 | $113,080 | 5.67% | - |
| 2019 | $106,670 | 2.79% | - |
| 2018 | $103,690 | 4.67% | - |
| 2017 | $98,850 | 0.57% | - |
| 2016 | $98,290 | 26.07% | - |
| 2015 | $72,670 | 5.59% | - |
| 2014 | $68,610 | 7.62% | - |
| 2013 | $63,380 | -11.82% | - |
| 2012 | $70,870 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $118,430, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for cartographers and photogrammetrists in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $126,730). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of cartographers and photogrammetrists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 6.5 percent (6.5%) lower.