The annual salary statistics of fashion designers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of fashion designers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $35,930 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $43,940 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,250 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $105,180 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $131,810 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for fashion designers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $131,810. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,930.
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 | $59,250 | 15.41% | -12.71% |
| 2016 | $50,120 | -1.88% | - |
| 2015 | $51,060 | -47.34% | - |
| 2014 | $75,230 | 4.87% | - |
| 2013 | $71,570 | 6.69% | - |
| 2012 | $66,780 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $59,250, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is the lowest paying city for fashion designers in state of California, following city of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $115,180). In comparison, the median annual salary of fashion designers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 48.6 percent (48.6%) lower than that in the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura | |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine | |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City |