The annual salary statistics of lawyers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of lawyers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $78,810 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $120,280 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $170,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | No Data |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $170,800. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $120,280. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $78,810.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of lawyers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $170,800 | 3.10% | 5.35% |
| 2016 | $165,500 | 4.01% | - |
| 2015 | $158,870 | 0.44% | - |
| 2014 | $158,170 | 1.03% | - |
| 2013 | $156,540 | -3.28% | - |
| 2012 | $161,670 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $170,800 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 26.5 percent (26.5%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 52.5 percent (52.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.