The annual salary statistics of computer hardware engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of computer hardware engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $91,510 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $113,730 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $142,940 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $168,550 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $205,710 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for computer hardware engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $205,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $142,940. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $91,510.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of computer hardware engineers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $142,940 | -1.05% | 17.08% |
| 2016 | $144,440 | 3.72% | - |
| 2015 | $139,070 | 3.93% | - |
| 2014 | $133,600 | 11.12% | - |
| 2013 | $118,740 | 0.18% | - |
| 2012 | $118,530 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $142,940 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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-San Mateo-Redwood City is 15.0 percent (15.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos and 47.1 percent (47.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fresno.