The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of desktop publishers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 | $32,800 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $43,350 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,870 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,350 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $85,680 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $85,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,870. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,800.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of desktop publishers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $49,870 | 5.05% | 17.43% |
| 2016 | $47,350 | 5.72% | - |
| 2015 | $44,640 | -4.93% | - |
| 2014 | $46,840 | -6.51% | - |
| 2013 | $49,890 | 17.46% | - |
| 2012 | $41,180 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,870 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 43.1 percent (43.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 23.3 percent (23.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.