The annual salary statistics of fashion designers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fashion designers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $46,040 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,690 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,370 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $101,460 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,070 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fashion designers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $128,070. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,040.
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 | $81,370 | 3.58% | 20.44% |
| 2021 | $78,460 | 24.50% | - |
| 2020 | $59,240 | -0.22% | - |
| 2019 | $59,370 | -12.99% | - |
| 2018 | $67,080 | 4.44% | - |
| 2017 | $64,100 | 14.62% | - |
| 2016 | $54,730 | -17.78% | - |
| 2015 | $64,460 | 8.73% | - |
| 2014 | $58,830 | -24.78% | - |
| 2013 | $73,410 | 11.81% | - |
| 2012 | $64,740 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $81,370 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for fashion designers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of fashion designers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 29.4 percent (29.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 27.2 percent (27.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City.