The annual salary statistics of human resources specialists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of human resources specialists 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 | $51,860 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $65,780 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $86,250 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $111,360 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $143,890 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for human resources specialists 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 $143,890. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $86,250. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,860.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of human resources specialists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $86,250 | 3.74% | 15.70% |
| 2016 | $83,020 | 0.43% | - |
| 2015 | $82,660 | 3.88% | - |
| 2014 | $79,450 | 5.34% | - |
| 2013 | $75,210 | 3.32% | - |
| 2012 | $72,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $86,250 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for human resources specialists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of human resources specialists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 10.6 percent (10.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 44.8 percent (44.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.