The annual salary statistics of materials scientists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of materials 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 | $47,760 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $81,520 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $105,540 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $168,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $187,350 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for materials 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 $187,350. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $105,540. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,760.
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 | $105,540 | -26.44% | 6.83% |
| 2021 | $133,450 | 6.67% | - |
| 2020 | $124,550 | -12.03% | - |
| 2018 | $139,530 | 0.00% | - |
| 2017 | $139,530 | 0.67% | - |
| 2016 | $138,590 | 17.66% | - |
| 2015 | $114,120 | 6.54% | - |
| 2014 | $106,660 | 0.80% | - |
| 2013 | $105,810 | 7.07% | - |
| 2012 | $98,330 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $105,540 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for materials scientists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of materials scientists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 20.3 percent (20.3%) lower than that in the highest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura and 30.4 percent (30.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim.