The annual salary statistics of optometrists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of optometrists 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 | $37,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $108,760 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $123,350 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $144,540 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $161,060 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for optometrists 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 $161,060. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $123,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,840.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of optometrists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $123,350 | 9.32% | 33.55% |
| 2016 | $111,850 | 3.25% | - |
| 2015 | $108,210 | 6.92% | - |
| 2014 | $100,720 | -4.85% | - |
| 2013 | $105,600 | 22.39% | - |
| 2012 | $81,960 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $123,350 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for optometrists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of optometrists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 11.9 percent (11.9%) lower than that in the highest paying Vallejo-Fairfield and 21.4 percent (21.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.