The annual salary statistics of physicists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of physicists 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 | $89,620 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $97,890 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $137,630 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $154,920 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $205,710 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physicists 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 $205,710. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $137,630. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $89,620.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physicists from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $137,630 | 12.02% | 24.17% |
| 2019 | $121,090 | -3.38% | - |
| 2018 | $125,180 | 1.15% | - |
| 2017 | $123,740 | -1.08% | - |
| 2016 | $125,080 | 5.37% | - |
| 2015 | $118,360 | 7.52% | - |
| 2014 | $109,460 | 3.01% | - |
| 2013 | $106,170 | 1.70% | - |
| 2012 | $104,370 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $137,630 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for physicists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of physicists in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 20.1 percent (20.1%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 41.1 percent (41.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale.