The annual salary statistics of editors in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of editors 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 | $56,070 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $72,110 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $96,730 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $121,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $158,310 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for editors 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 $158,310. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,730. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $56,070.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of editors from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $96,730 | 19.53% | 42.19% |
| 2021 | $77,840 | -4.24% | - |
| 2020 | $81,140 | 3.22% | - |
| 2019 | $78,530 | 1.02% | - |
| 2018 | $77,730 | 3.55% | - |
| 2017 | $74,970 | 5.94% | - |
| 2016 | $70,520 | 7.91% | - |
| 2015 | $64,940 | 5.14% | - |
| 2014 | $61,600 | 5.37% | - |
| 2013 | $58,290 | 4.07% | - |
| 2012 | $55,920 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $96,730, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for editors in state of California, following the highest paying city Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (median annual salary of $103,100). Compared with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, the median annual salary of editors in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 6.2 percent (6.2%) lower.