The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of desktop publishers 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 | $48,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $76,860 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $76,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $76,860 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers 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 $76,860. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,050.
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 | $76,860 | 36.43% | 32.54% |
| 2021 | $48,860 | -23.09% | - |
| 2019 | $60,140 | 10.04% | - |
| 2018 | $54,100 | 8.52% | - |
| 2017 | $49,490 | 0.20% | - |
| 2016 | $49,390 | 9.41% | - |
| 2015 | $44,740 | 5.81% | - |
| 2014 | $42,140 | -27.01% | - |
| 2013 | $53,520 | 3.12% | - |
| 2012 | $51,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $76,860, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for desktop publishers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $87,690). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of desktop publishers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 12.4 percent (12.4%) lower.