The annual salary statistics of curators in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of curators 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 | $59,450 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $71,900 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,610 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $99,630 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $122,860 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for curators 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 $122,860. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,450.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of curators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $81,610 | -17.06% | 17.71% |
| 2021 | $95,530 | 16.85% | - |
| 2020 | $79,430 | -2.47% | - |
| 2019 | $81,390 | 4.15% | - |
| 2018 | $78,010 | -0.29% | - |
| 2017 | $78,240 | 4.24% | - |
| 2016 | $74,920 | -3.11% | - |
| 2015 | $77,250 | 4.60% | - |
| 2013 | $73,700 | 8.87% | - |
| 2012 | $67,160 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $81,610, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for curators in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $91,560). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of curators in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 10.9 percent (10.9%) lower.