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Compensation and Benefits Manager Salary in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California

The annual salary statistics of compensation and benefits managers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of compensation and benefits managers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Compensation and Benefits Managers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$89,840
25th Percentile Wage
$111,220
50th Percentile Wage
$152,130
75th Percentile Wage
$192,000
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for compensation and benefits managers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $192,000. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $152,130. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $89,840.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of compensation and benefits managers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$152,130
2.71% 18.78%
2016
$148,000
14.49% -
2015
$126,560
-1.00% -
2014
$127,830
5.43% -
2013
$120,890
-2.21% -
2012
$123,560
- -

Table 2. Compare Compensation and Benefits Manager Salary in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $152,130 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for compensation and benefits managers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of compensation and benefits managers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 8.8 percent (8.8%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 24.6 percent (24.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$166,760
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$163,130
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$161,990
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$152,130
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$143,040
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$135,730
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$128,430
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$122,020
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$120,670
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$118,260
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$116,770
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$114,750