The annual salary statistics of medical secretaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of medical secretaries 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 | $37,970 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $43,680 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $50,440 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $65,880 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $76,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical secretaries 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 $50,440. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,970.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical secretaries from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $50,440 | 5.99% | 17.31% |
| 2021 | $47,420 | -7.13% | - |
| 2020 | $50,800 | 5.69% | - |
| 2019 | $47,910 | 2.92% | - |
| 2018 | $46,510 | 1.51% | - |
| 2017 | $45,810 | 0.98% | - |
| 2016 | $45,360 | 1.12% | - |
| 2015 | $44,850 | 5.06% | - |
| 2014 | $42,580 | -2.14% | - |
| 2013 | $43,490 | 4.09% | - |
| 2012 | $41,710 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $50,440, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for medical secretaries in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $55,960). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of medical secretaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 9.9 percent (9.9%) lower.