The annual salary statistics of medical secretaries in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of medical secretaries 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 | $32,960 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $39,660 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,620 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $60,200 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $70,970 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for medical secretaries 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 $70,970. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $32,960.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of medical secretaries from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $49,620 | 5.88% | 13.46% |
| 2016 | $46,700 | 6.21% | - |
| 2015 | $43,800 | 4.16% | - |
| 2014 | $41,980 | -3.86% | - |
| 2013 | $43,600 | 1.51% | - |
| 2012 | $42,940 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,620 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for medical secretaries in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of medical secretaries in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 11.3 percent (11.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 31.4 percent (31.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Valley Region of California nonmetropolitan area.