The annual salary statistics of materials scientists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of materials scientists 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 | $77,690 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $91,610 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $108,160 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $129,840 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $148,840 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials scientists 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 $148,840. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $108,160. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $77,690.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of materials scientists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $108,160 | 4.91% | 4.91% |
| 2016 | $102,850 | 5.22% | - |
| 2015 | $97,480 | 1.19% | - |
| 2014 | $96,320 | -18.69% | - |
| 2013 | $114,320 | 10.03% | - |
| 2012 | $102,850 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $108,160 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for materials scientists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of materials scientists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 18.3 percent (18.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 32.1 percent (32.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim.