The annual salary statistics of conservation scientists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of conservation scientists 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 | $53,330 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $70,340 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $94,280 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $119,130 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $150,200 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for conservation scientists 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 $150,200. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $94,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $53,330.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of conservation scientists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $94,280 | -0.58% | 17.79% |
| 2016 | $94,830 | 13.88% | - |
| 2015 | $81,670 | -10.84% | - |
| 2014 | $90,520 | -1.98% | - |
| 2013 | $92,310 | 16.03% | - |
| 2012 | $77,510 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $94,280, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is the second highest paying city for conservation scientists in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $96,610). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of conservation scientists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 2.4 percent (2.4%) lower.