The annual salary statistics of physician assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of physician assistants 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 | $93,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $140,190 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $161,680 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $192,510 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $219,940 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physician assistants 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 $219,940. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $161,680. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $93,000.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physician assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $161,680 | -3.15% | 36.56% |
| 2021 | $166,770 | 11.90% | - |
| 2020 | $146,930 | 13.80% | - |
| 2019 | $126,660 | 4.44% | - |
| 2018 | $121,030 | -0.23% | - |
| 2017 | $121,310 | 2.04% | - |
| 2016 | $118,830 | 1.09% | - |
| 2015 | $117,530 | 5.51% | - |
| 2014 | $111,050 | 1.46% | - |
| 2013 | $109,430 | 6.27% | - |
| 2012 | $102,570 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $161,680 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for physician assistants in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of physician assistants in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 8.4 percent (8.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 42.8 percent (42.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta.