The annual salary statistics of microbiologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of microbiologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $49,920 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $67,120 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $96,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $110,080 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $126,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for microbiologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $126,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $96,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,920.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of microbiologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $96,260 | -2.18% | 28.76% |
| 2021 | $98,360 | 4.94% | - |
| 2020 | $93,500 | -0.14% | - |
| 2019 | $93,630 | 4.78% | - |
| 2018 | $89,150 | 18.55% | - |
| 2017 | $72,610 | 5.55% | - |
| 2016 | $68,580 | -0.60% | - |
| 2015 | $68,990 | 0.59% | - |
| 2012 | $68,580 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $96,260 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for microbiologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of microbiologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 22.7 percent (22.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 59.0 percent (59.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Modesto.