The annual salary statistics of physicists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of physicists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $75,380 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $109,530 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $140,560 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $172,510 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $219,650 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physicists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $219,650. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $140,560. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $75,380.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physicists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $140,560 | -13.77% | 47.78% |
| 2021 | $159,920 | 33.67% | - |
| 2020 | $106,080 | 3.44% | - |
| 2019 | $102,430 | 11.58% | - |
| 2018 | $90,570 | 18.09% | - |
| 2017 | $74,190 | 1.06% | - |
| 2016 | $73,400 | -26.09% | - |
| 2015 | $92,550 | 20.69% | - |
| 2012 | $73,400 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $140,560, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is the second highest paying city for physicists in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $172,270). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of physicists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 18.4 percent (18.4%) lower.