The annual salary statistics of lawyers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of lawyers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont 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 | $109,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $154,390 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $213,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | No Data |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $213,560. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $154,390. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $109,840.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $213,560 | 20.39% | 27.29% |
| 2021 | $170,020 | -8.06% | - |
| 2020 | $183,720 | 8.02% | - |
| 2019 | $168,990 | 2.83% | - |
| 2018 | $164,200 | 1.40% | - |
| 2017 | $161,900 | 1.22% | - |
| 2016 | $159,930 | 4.71% | - |
| 2015 | $152,390 | 1.38% | - |
| 2014 | $150,290 | 1.65% | - |
| 2013 | $147,810 | -5.05% | - |
| 2012 | $155,280 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $213,560, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for lawyers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $232,320). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of lawyers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 8.1 percent (8.1%) lower.