The annual salary statistics of industrial engineers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of industrial engineers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $75,780 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $83,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $101,760 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $126,600 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $154,510 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial engineers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $154,510. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $101,760. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $75,780.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of industrial engineers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $101,760 | 2.07% | 16.32% |
| 2021 | $99,650 | 5.63% | - |
| 2020 | $94,040 | -1.65% | - |
| 2019 | $95,590 | 1.56% | - |
| 2018 | $94,100 | 1.71% | - |
| 2017 | $92,490 | -2.76% | - |
| 2016 | $95,040 | 1.99% | - |
| 2015 | $93,150 | -0.01% | - |
| 2014 | $93,160 | 3.59% | - |
| 2013 | $89,820 | 5.20% | - |
| 2012 | $85,150 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $101,760 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for industrial engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of industrial engineers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 21.0 percent (21.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 24.9 percent (24.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.