The annual salary statistics of computer programmers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of computer programmers 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 | $62,560 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $82,550 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $105,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $128,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $156,560 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for computer programmers 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 $156,560. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $105,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $62,560.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of computer programmers from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $105,640 | -1.49% | 16.43% |
| 2017 | $107,210 | 8.79% | - |
| 2016 | $97,790 | 4.82% | - |
| 2015 | $93,080 | 11.12% | - |
| 2014 | $82,730 | 1.11% | - |
| 2013 | $81,810 | -7.91% | - |
| 2012 | $88,280 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $105,640 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for computer programmers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of computer programmers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is .4 percent (.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 68.5 percent (68.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Redding.