The annual salary statistics of environmental engineering technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of environmental engineering technicians 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 | $57,010 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $69,570 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $83,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $102,900 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $105,940 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for environmental engineering technicians 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 $105,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,010.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of environmental engineering technicians from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $83,150 | 2.60% | 13.72% |
| 2021 | $80,990 | 8.95% | - |
| 2020 | $73,740 | -9.63% | - |
| 2019 | $80,840 | -0.82% | - |
| 2018 | $81,500 | 13.73% | - |
| 2017 | $70,310 | -2.30% | - |
| 2016 | $71,930 | -3.82% | - |
| 2015 | $74,680 | -2.85% | - |
| 2014 | $76,810 | 7.37% | - |
| 2013 | $71,150 | -0.83% | - |
| 2012 | $71,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $83,150, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for environmental engineering technicians in state of California, following the highest paying city Santa Maria-Santa Barbara (median annual salary of $84,090). Compared with Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, the median annual salary of environmental engineering technicians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 1.1 percent (1.1%) lower.