The annual salary statistics of other physical scientists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of other physical scientists 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 | $73,040 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $100,100 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $123,660 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $143,560 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $172,430 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for other physical scientists 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 $172,430. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $123,660. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $73,040.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of other physical scientists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $123,660 | 6.29% | 11.00% |
| 2016 | $115,880 | 2.06% | - |
| 2015 | $113,490 | -2.41% | - |
| 2013 | $116,230 | 5.31% | - |
| 2012 | $110,060 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $123,660 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for other physical scientists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of other physical scientists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 8.0 percent (8.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 55.8 percent (55.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area.