The annual salary statistics of materials engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of materials engineers 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 | $54,420 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $68,180 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $89,240 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $108,760 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $128,060 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $128,060. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $89,240. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $54,420.
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $89,240, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is the lowest paying city for materials engineers in state of California, following city of San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $136,600). In comparison, the median annual salary of materials engineers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 34.7 percent (34.7%) lower than that in the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.