The annual salary statistics of microbiologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of microbiologists 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 | $49,430 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $67,990 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $109,900 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $149,310 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $178,700 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for microbiologists 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 $178,700. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $109,900. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,430.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of microbiologists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $109,900 | 0.22% | 0.22% |
| 2016 | $109,660 | 2.62% | - |
| 2015 | $106,790 | 0.62% | - |
| 2014 | $106,130 | 1.69% | - |
| 2013 | $104,340 | -5.10% | - |
| 2012 | $109,660 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $109,900, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is the second highest paying city for microbiologists in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $124,460). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of microbiologists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 11.7 percent (11.7%) lower.