The annual salary statistics of environmental engineering technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of environmental engineering technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles 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 | $33,570 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $35,260 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $39,810 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $65,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,210 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for environmental engineering technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,210. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,810. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $33,570.
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 | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $39,810 | 3.44% | -33.76% |
| 2020 | $38,440 | -12.46% | - |
| 2019 | $43,230 | -6.69% | - |
| 2018 | $46,120 | -15.46% | - |
| 2017 | $53,250 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,810 in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is in the middle of salary range for environmental engineering technicians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of environmental engineering technicians in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles is 52.7 percent (52.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Santa Maria-Santa Barbara and 3.5 percent (3.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.