The annual salary statistics of fashion designers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fashion designers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 | $27,080 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $43,550 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $68,470 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $96,760 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $143,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fashion designers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $143,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $68,470. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $27,080.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of fashion designers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $68,470 | -2.06% | 5.10% |
| 2016 | $69,880 | 1.92% | - |
| 2015 | $68,540 | 2.13% | - |
| 2014 | $67,080 | 2.44% | - |
| 2013 | $65,440 | 0.70% | - |
| 2012 | $64,980 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $68,470 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 40.6 percent (40.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 13.5 percent (13.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City.