The annual salary statistics of geological and petroleum technicians in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of geological and petroleum technicians 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 | $23,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $25,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $35,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $51,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $80,220 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for geological and petroleum technicians 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 $80,220. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $35,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $23,280.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of geological and petroleum technicians from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $35,260 | -3.52% | -4.17% |
| 2017 | $36,500 | -0.63% | - |
| 2016 | $36,730 | -60.39% | - |
| 2015 | $58,910 | 37.65% | - |
| 2012 | $36,730 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $35,260, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is the lowest paying city for geological and petroleum technicians in state of California, following city of Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura (median annual salary of $74,410). In comparison, the median annual salary of geological and petroleum technicians in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 52.6 percent (52.6%) lower than that in the highest paying city Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura.