The annual salary statistics of other designers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of other designers 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 | $35,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $41,880 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $97,480 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $122,200 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $154,040 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other designers 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 $154,040. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $97,480. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,840.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other designers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $97,480 | -30.51% | 42.76% |
| 2021 | $127,220 | 39.00% | - |
| 2020 | $77,600 | -14.32% | - |
| 2019 | $88,710 | 5.37% | - |
| 2018 | $83,950 | -1.45% | - |
| 2017 | $85,170 | 20.95% | - |
| 2016 | $67,330 | 3.55% | - |
| 2015 | $64,940 | 14.07% | - |
| 2012 | $55,800 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $97,480, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for other designers in state of California, following the highest paying city Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine (median annual salary of $98,500). Compared with Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, the median annual salary of other designers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 1.0 percent (1.0%) lower.