The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of desktop publishers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $36,350 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $42,200 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,710 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $71,900 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,820 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $77,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,710. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,350.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of desktop publishers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $58,710 | 13.08% | 18.45% |
| 2021 | $51,030 | -23.46% | - |
| 2020 | $63,000 | 9.68% | - |
| 2019 | $56,900 | -1.86% | - |
| 2018 | $57,960 | 13.03% | - |
| 2017 | $50,410 | 5.02% | - |
| 2016 | $47,880 | 3.07% | - |
| 2015 | $46,410 | -3.17% | - |
| 2012 | $47,880 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,710 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for desktop publishers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of desktop publishers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 33.0 percent (33.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 34.8 percent (34.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.