The annual salary statistics of materials scientists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of materials scientists 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 | $80,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $88,080 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $122,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $165,020 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $172,580 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials scientists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $172,580. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $122,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $80,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of materials scientists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $122,560 | -0.11% | 9.80% |
| 2021 | $122,690 | 14.48% | - |
| 2020 | $104,920 | -26.36% | - |
| 2019 | $132,580 | -0.81% | - |
| 2018 | $133,650 | 26.51% | - |
| 2017 | $98,220 | -18.35% | - |
| 2016 | $116,240 | 2.53% | - |
| 2015 | $113,300 | -3.73% | - |
| 2014 | $117,530 | 5.06% | - |
| 2013 | $111,580 | 0.92% | - |
| 2012 | $110,550 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $122,560, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for materials scientists in state of California, following the highest paying city Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura (median annual salary of $132,340). Compared with Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, the median annual salary of materials scientists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 7.4 percent (7.4%) lower.