The annual salary statistics of medical assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical assistants 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 | $42,900 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $46,140 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,630 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $70,960 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $76,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical assistants 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 $76,050. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,900.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $58,630 | 5.08% | 35.29% |
| 2021 | $55,650 | -0.23% | - |
| 2020 | $55,780 | 13.28% | - |
| 2019 | $48,370 | 6.70% | - |
| 2018 | $45,130 | 6.56% | - |
| 2017 | $42,170 | -1.07% | - |
| 2016 | $42,620 | -1.48% | - |
| 2015 | $43,250 | 7.17% | - |
| 2014 | $40,150 | -3.69% | - |
| 2013 | $41,630 | 8.86% | - |
| 2012 | $37,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $58,630 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for medical assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 18.0 percent (18.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 44.7 percent (44.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.