The annual salary statistics of cost estimators in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of cost estimators 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 | $58,880 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $72,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $93,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $127,610 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $164,960 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for cost estimators 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 $164,960. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $93,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $58,880.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of cost estimators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $93,850 | -1.83% | 20.62% |
| 2021 | $95,570 | 13.27% | - |
| 2020 | $82,890 | 5.16% | - |
| 2019 | $78,610 | 2.44% | - |
| 2018 | $76,690 | -14.53% | - |
| 2017 | $87,830 | 4.44% | - |
| 2016 | $83,930 | 4.28% | - |
| 2015 | $80,340 | 9.65% | - |
| 2014 | $72,590 | -4.45% | - |
| 2013 | $75,820 | 1.74% | - |
| 2012 | $74,500 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $93,850, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for cost estimators in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $97,200). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of cost estimators in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 3.4 percent (3.4%) lower.