The annual salary statistics of hydrologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of hydrologists 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 | $76,720 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $82,470 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $108,270 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $165,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $178,260 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for hydrologists 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 $178,260. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $108,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $76,720.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of hydrologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $108,270 | 2.10% | 7.28% |
| 2021 | $106,000 | 5.04% | - |
| 2020 | $100,660 | 4.10% | - |
| 2019 | $96,530 | -3.23% | - |
| 2018 | $99,650 | -0.74% | - |
| 2017 | $100,390 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $108,270 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for hydrologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of hydrologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 33.4 percent (33.4%) lower than that in the highest paying Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario and 38.8 percent (38.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Fresno.