The annual salary statistics of desktop publishers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of desktop publishers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $38,030 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $52,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $87,690 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $97,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $103,180 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for desktop publishers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $103,180. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $87,690. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,030.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of desktop publishers from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $87,690 | 8.48% | 28.86% |
| 2019 | $80,250 | 14.53% | - |
| 2018 | $68,590 | 15.70% | - |
| 2017 | $57,820 | -7.89% | - |
| 2016 | $62,380 | 1.41% | - |
| 2015 | $61,500 | -1.06% | - |
| 2014 | $62,150 | -1.27% | - |
| 2013 | $62,940 | 0.89% | - |
| 2012 | $62,380 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $87,690, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for desktop publishers in state of California, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary $76,860). In comparison, the median annual salary of desktop publishers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 12.4 percent (12.4%) higher than that in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.