The annual salary statistics of civil engineering technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of civil engineering technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 | $47,300 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $75,050 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $82,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $89,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for civil engineering technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $89,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $75,050. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,300.
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 | $75,050 | -1.25% | 16.06% |
| 2021 | $75,990 | 15.08% | - |
| 2020 | $64,530 | 3.75% | - |
| 2019 | $62,110 | 6.31% | - |
| 2018 | $58,190 | 0.64% | - |
| 2017 | $57,820 | 1.68% | - |
| 2016 | $56,850 | 4.64% | - |
| 2015 | $54,210 | -18.74% | - |
| 2014 | $64,370 | 2.16% | - |
| 2013 | $62,980 | -0.03% | - |
| 2012 | $63,000 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $75,050 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is 22.4 percent (22.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 20.1 percent (20.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.