The annual salary statistics of postsecondary communications teachers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of postsecondary communications teachers 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 | $66,160 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $79,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $96,900 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $127,340 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $172,490 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for postsecondary communications teachers 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 $172,490. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,900. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $66,160.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of postsecondary communications teachers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $96,900 | 8.00% | 22.13% |
| 2016 | $89,150 | -1.07% | - |
| 2015 | $90,100 | 20.02% | - |
| 2014 | $72,060 | 14.81% | - |
| 2013 | $61,390 | -22.92% | - |
| 2012 | $75,460 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $96,900 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for postsecondary communications teachers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of postsecondary communications teachers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 31.8 percent (31.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario and 21.7 percent (21.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.