The annual salary statistics of medical assistants in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of medical assistants 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 | $30,230 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $37,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $48,830 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,500 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $65,600 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical assistants 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 $65,600. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $48,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,230.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical assistants from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $48,830 | 9.93% | 16.16% |
| 2016 | $43,980 | 2.21% | - |
| 2015 | $43,010 | 7.49% | - |
| 2014 | $39,790 | -9.12% | - |
| 2013 | $43,420 | 5.71% | - |
| 2012 | $40,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $48,830 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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-San Mateo-Redwood City is 31.7 percent (31.7%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 33.5 percent (33.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area.