The annual salary statistics of civil engineering technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil engineering 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 | $58,330 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $72,760 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,950 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $104,190 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $110,160 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineering 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 $110,160. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,950. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $58,330.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of civil engineering technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $81,950 | 3.04% | 21.39% |
| 2021 | $79,460 | 7.37% | - |
| 2020 | $73,600 | -0.35% | - |
| 2019 | $73,860 | -5.05% | - |
| 2018 | $77,590 | 2.86% | - |
| 2017 | $75,370 | 20.22% | - |
| 2016 | $60,130 | 7.38% | - |
| 2015 | $55,690 | 30.36% | - |
| 2014 | $38,780 | -56.40% | - |
| 2013 | $60,650 | -6.22% | - |
| 2012 | $64,420 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,950 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for civil engineering technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of civil engineering technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 15.2 percent (15.2%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 26.8 percent (26.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.