The annual salary statistics of other life scientists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of other life scientists 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 | $54,960 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $54,960 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $100,450 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $152,650 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $168,010 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other life scientists 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 $168,010. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $100,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $54,960.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other life scientists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $100,450 | 6.37% | 14.73% |
| 2020 | $94,050 | -15.68% | - |
| 2016 | $108,800 | 3.47% | - |
| 2015 | $105,020 | 2.08% | - |
| 2014 | $102,840 | 16.72% | - |
| 2013 | $85,650 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $100,450 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for other life scientists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of other life scientists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 38.3 percent (38.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim and 31.7 percent (31.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario.