The annual salary statistics of fashion designers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fashion designers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $61,630 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $78,260 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $115,180 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $133,860 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $174,350 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fashion designers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $174,350. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $115,180. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $61,630.
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 | $115,180 | 17.56% | 41.31% |
| 2021 | $94,950 | 11.74% | - |
| 2020 | $83,800 | 1.25% | - |
| 2019 | $82,750 | -2.79% | - |
| 2018 | $85,060 | 29.21% | - |
| 2017 | $60,210 | 10.21% | - |
| 2016 | $54,060 | -4.22% | - |
| 2015 | $56,340 | -28.06% | - |
| 2014 | $72,150 | 3.12% | - |
| 2013 | $69,900 | 3.29% | - |
| 2012 | $67,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $115,180, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the highest paying city for fashion designers in state of California, followed by Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura (median annual salary $82,830). In comparison, the median annual salary of fashion designers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 28.1 percent (28.1%) higher than that in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura.