The annual salary statistics of food scientists and technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of food scientists and technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $49,240 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $62,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $83,840 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $106,700 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,910 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food scientists and technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $128,910. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $83,840. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,240.
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 | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $83,840 | 2.04% | 30.01% |
| 2021 | $82,130 | 3.35% | - |
| 2020 | $79,380 | 5.90% | - |
| 2019 | $74,700 | 9.79% | - |
| 2018 | $67,390 | 8.24% | - |
| 2017 | $61,840 | 5.11% | - |
| 2016 | $58,680 | -18.73% | - |
| 2015 | $69,670 | 15.77% | - |
| 2012 | $58,680 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $83,840 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 16.0 percent (16.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 32.1 percent (32.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville.