The annual salary statistics of food scientists and technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of food scientists and technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 | $39,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,280 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,890 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $102,410 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for food scientists and technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $102,410. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,890. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,810.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of food scientists and technologists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $60,890 | 4.07% | 10.28% |
| 2016 | $58,410 | -20.30% | - |
| 2015 | $70,270 | 9.29% | - |
| 2014 | $63,740 | 1.47% | - |
| 2013 | $62,800 | 13.01% | - |
| 2012 | $54,630 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,890 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 39.0 percent (39.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 6.5 percent (6.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Cruz-Watsonville.