The annual salary statistics of editors in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of editors 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 | $44,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,270 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $84,410 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $119,170 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $139,830 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for editors 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 $139,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,640.
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 | $84,410 | 8.51% | 41.94% |
| 2021 | $77,230 | 13.23% | - |
| 2020 | $67,010 | 1.01% | - |
| 2019 | $66,330 | -4.04% | - |
| 2018 | $69,010 | -3.96% | - |
| 2017 | $71,740 | -7.33% | - |
| 2016 | $77,000 | -5.88% | - |
| 2015 | $81,530 | 14.69% | - |
| 2014 | $69,550 | 11.17% | - |
| 2013 | $61,780 | 20.67% | - |
| 2012 | $49,010 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $84,410 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for editors in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of editors in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 18.1 percent (18.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 54.2 percent (54.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.