The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of desktop publishers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $31,270 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $34,830 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $65,220 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $66,600 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $66,600. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $50,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $31,270.
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 | $50,640 | -18.03% | 12.62% |
| 2021 | $59,770 | 11.09% | - |
| 2019 | $53,140 | 6.87% | - |
| 2018 | $49,490 | 4.45% | - |
| 2017 | $47,290 | 5.31% | - |
| 2016 | $44,780 | 6.14% | - |
| 2015 | $42,030 | -6.38% | - |
| 2014 | $44,710 | 7.34% | - |
| 2013 | $41,430 | -6.81% | - |
| 2012 | $44,250 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $50,640 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for desktop publishers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of desktop publishers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 42.3 percent (42.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 24.4 percent (24.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.