The annual salary statistics of chemists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of chemists 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 | $59,700 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,130 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $104,790 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $145,720 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $165,730 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chemists 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 $165,730. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $104,790. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,700.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chemists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $104,790 | 5.23% | 30.03% |
| 2021 | $99,310 | -3.68% | - |
| 2020 | $102,960 | 2.41% | - |
| 2019 | $100,480 | 8.30% | - |
| 2018 | $92,140 | -7.22% | - |
| 2017 | $98,790 | -1.57% | - |
| 2016 | $100,340 | 8.59% | - |
| 2015 | $91,720 | 16.40% | - |
| 2014 | $76,680 | 8.96% | - |
| 2013 | $69,810 | -5.03% | - |
| 2012 | $73,320 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $104,790 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for chemists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of chemists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 3.9 percent (3.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 59.1 percent (59.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.