The annual salary statistics of food scientists and technologists in Bakersfield-Delano, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of food scientists and technologists in Bakersfield-Delano 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 | $44,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,140 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $101,770 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $124,470 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food scientists and technologists in Bakersfield-Delano, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $124,470. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,620.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food scientists and technologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 4-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $77,800 | 2.60% | 10.53% |
| 2021 | $75,780 | 2.31% | - |
| 2020 | $74,030 | 2.05% | - |
| 2019 | $72,510 | 4.00% | - |
| 2018 | $69,610 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,800 in Bakersfield-Delano is in the middle of salary range for food scientists and technologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of food scientists and technologists in Bakersfield-Delano is 22.0 percent (22.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 26.8 percent (26.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville.