The annual salary statistics of commercial divers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of commercial divers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $106,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $107,150 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $107,420 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $107,420 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $210,090 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for commercial divers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $210,090. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $107,420. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $106,160.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of commercial divers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $107,420 | 52.44% | 40.77% |
| 2020 | $51,090 | -1.51% | - |
| 2019 | $51,860 | -22.70% | - |
| 2018 | $63,630 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $107,420, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is the second highest paying city for commercial divers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos (median annual salary of $182,000). Compared with San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, the median annual salary of commercial divers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 41.0 percent (41.0%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward | |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura |