The annual salary statistics of interior designers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of interior designers 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 | $50,950 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,590 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $80,640 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,370 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $121,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for interior designers 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 $121,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $80,640. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $50,950.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of interior designers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $80,640 | 4.87% | 23.38% |
| 2021 | $76,710 | -15.41% | - |
| 2020 | $88,530 | 20.19% | - |
| 2019 | $70,660 | 18.51% | - |
| 2018 | $57,580 | 7.40% | - |
| 2017 | $53,320 | 18.49% | - |
| 2016 | $43,460 | -46.02% | - |
| 2015 | $63,460 | -6.76% | - |
| 2014 | $67,750 | 8.53% | - |
| 2013 | $61,970 | 0.29% | - |
| 2012 | $61,790 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $80,640, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for interior designers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $88,290). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of interior designers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 8.7 percent (8.7%) lower.