The annual salary statistics of physicists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of physicists 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 | $105,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $116,530 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $135,090 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $156,180 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $172,540 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for physicists 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 $172,540. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $135,090. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $105,500.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of physicists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $135,090 | 2.83% | 14.14% |
| 2016 | $131,270 | 13.74% | - |
| 2015 | $113,230 | -2.52% | - |
| 2014 | $116,080 | 1.34% | - |
| 2013 | $114,530 | -1.27% | - |
| 2012 | $115,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $135,090 in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is in the middle of salary range for physicists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of physicists in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 21.6 percent (21.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 40.0 percent (40.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale.