The annual salary statistics of lawyers in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of lawyers in Santa Rosa-Petaluma 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 | $82,880 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $111,270 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $161,070 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $205,680 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | No Data |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for lawyers in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 75th percentile (the top 25 percent of the highest paid) is $205,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $161,070. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $82,880.
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 | $161,070 | 16.13% | 19.54% |
| 2021 | $135,090 | -9.69% | - |
| 2020 | $148,180 | 7.10% | - |
| 2019 | $137,660 | -2.83% | - |
| 2018 | $141,550 | 4.04% | - |
| 2017 | $135,830 | -5.12% | - |
| 2016 | $142,790 | 5.26% | - |
| 2015 | $135,280 | -2.39% | - |
| 2014 | $138,510 | 0.45% | - |
| 2013 | $137,890 | 6.01% | - |
| 2012 | $129,600 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $161,070 in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is in the middle of salary range for lawyers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of lawyers in Santa Rosa-Petaluma is 30.7 percent (30.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 49.6 percent (49.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.