The annual salary statistics of economists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of economists 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 | $69,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $90,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $113,050 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $144,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $174,940 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for economists 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 $174,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $113,050. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $69,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of economists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $113,050 | 3.76% | 5.74% |
| 2016 | $108,800 | 0.71% | - |
| 2015 | $108,030 | 0.98% | - |
| 2014 | $106,970 | 1.47% | - |
| 2013 | $105,400 | -1.10% | - |
| 2012 | $106,560 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $113,050 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for economists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of economists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 25.0 percent (25.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 34.7 percent (34.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.