The annual salary statistics of nuclear engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of nuclear engineers 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 | $79,860 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $87,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $94,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $102,090 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $110,050 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for nuclear engineers 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 $110,050. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $94,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $79,860.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of nuclear engineers from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $94,560 | 1.78% | -38.67% |
| 2017 | $92,880 | 1.43% | - |
| 2016 | $91,550 | -33.87% | - |
| 2014 | $122,560 | -6.99% | - |
| 2013 | $131,130 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $94,560 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for nuclear engineers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of nuclear engineers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 31.1 percent (31.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos and 1.8 percent (1.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine | |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward | |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City |