The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of desktop publishers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $29,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,640 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $51,240 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $59,980 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $65,460 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $65,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $51,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,200.
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 | $51,240 | 1.19% | 8.55% |
| 2016 | $50,630 | 9.48% | - |
| 2015 | $45,830 | 6.22% | - |
| 2014 | $42,980 | -8.91% | - |
| 2013 | $46,810 | -0.11% | - |
| 2012 | $46,860 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $51,240 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for desktop publishers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of desktop publishers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 41.6 percent (41.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 25.3 percent (25.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oakland-Fremont-Hayward.