The annual salary statistics of industrial engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of industrial engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $83,660 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $98,290 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $120,310 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $148,610 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $173,260 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for industrial engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $173,260. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $120,310. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $83,660.
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 | $120,310 | -1.31% | 12.83% |
| 2021 | $121,890 | 0.73% | - |
| 2020 | $121,000 | 4.67% | - |
| 2019 | $115,350 | -4.63% | - |
| 2018 | $120,690 | 2.47% | - |
| 2017 | $117,710 | -0.65% | - |
| 2016 | $118,470 | 3.01% | - |
| 2015 | $114,900 | 3.28% | - |
| 2014 | $111,130 | 3.33% | - |
| 2013 | $107,430 | 2.37% | - |
| 2012 | $104,880 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $120,310 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for industrial engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of industrial engineers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 6.6 percent (6.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 36.4 percent (36.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.