The annual salary statistics of computer hardware engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of computer hardware engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $101,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $128,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $164,940 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $208,050 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $189,350 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for computer hardware engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $189,350. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $164,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $101,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of computer hardware engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $164,940 | -16.20% | 27.61% |
| 2021 | $191,660 | 42.32% | - |
| 2020 | $110,550 | -8.52% | - |
| 2019 | $119,970 | 6.52% | - |
| 2018 | $112,150 | -21.46% | - |
| 2017 | $136,220 | -2.16% | - |
| 2016 | $139,160 | 4.97% | - |
| 2015 | $132,240 | 4.97% | - |
| 2014 | $125,670 | 10.52% | - |
| 2013 | $112,450 | -6.18% | - |
| 2012 | $119,400 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $164,940 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for computer hardware engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of computer hardware engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 2.0 percent (2.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos and 54.1 percent (54.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fresno.