The annual salary statistics of fashion designers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fashion designers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $46,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $64,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,240 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $109,740 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $145,100 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fashion designers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $145,100. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fashion designers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $81,240 | 3.36% | 14.76% |
| 2021 | $78,510 | -11.48% | - |
| 2020 | $87,520 | 4.80% | - |
| 2019 | $83,320 | 6.45% | - |
| 2018 | $77,950 | 13.03% | - |
| 2017 | $67,790 | -2.15% | - |
| 2016 | $69,250 | 2.70% | - |
| 2015 | $67,380 | -2.78% | - |
| 2012 | $69,250 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,240 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for fashion designers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of fashion designers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 29.5 percent (29.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 27.1 percent (27.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City.