The annual salary statistics of chemical technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of chemical technicians 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 | $43,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,690 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $54,200 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $68,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $82,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chemical technicians 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 $82,050. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $54,200. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,840.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chemical technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $54,200 | -0.13% | 17.31% |
| 2021 | $54,270 | 9.07% | - |
| 2020 | $49,350 | 1.86% | - |
| 2019 | $48,430 | 1.92% | - |
| 2018 | $47,500 | 4.21% | - |
| 2017 | $45,500 | -11.60% | - |
| 2016 | $50,780 | -1.32% | - |
| 2015 | $51,450 | -3.79% | - |
| 2014 | $53,400 | 16.57% | - |
| 2013 | $44,550 | -0.61% | - |
| 2012 | $44,820 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $54,200, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for chemical technicians in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $64,810). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of chemical technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 16.4 percent (16.4%) lower.