The annual salary statistics of landscape architects in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of landscape architects 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 | $63,850 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $78,660 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $109,270 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $149,740 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $167,560 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for landscape architects 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 $167,560. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $109,270. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $63,850.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of landscape architects from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $109,270 | 29.96% | 19.31% |
| 2021 | $76,530 | -15.80% | - |
| 2020 | $88,620 | 2.14% | - |
| 2019 | $86,720 | -3.09% | - |
| 2018 | $89,400 | -6.61% | - |
| 2017 | $95,310 | 3.84% | - |
| 2016 | $91,650 | 20.04% | - |
| 2015 | $73,280 | -2.28% | - |
| 2014 | $74,950 | 0.40% | - |
| 2013 | $74,650 | -18.11% | - |
| 2012 | $88,170 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $109,270, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for landscape architects in state of California, followed by San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles (median annual salary $103,810). In comparison, the median annual salary of landscape architects in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 5.0 percent (5.0%) higher than that in San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles.