The annual salary statistics of pipelayers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of pipelayers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara 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 | $43,940 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,330 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $60,800 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $74,530 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $94,110 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for pipelayers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $94,110. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $60,800. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $43,940.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of pipelayers from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $60,800 | 3.27% | 7.55% |
| 2020 | $58,810 | 8.30% | - |
| 2019 | $53,930 | -5.60% | - |
| 2016 | $56,950 | 0.02% | - |
| 2015 | $56,940 | 0.16% | - |
| 2013 | $56,850 | 1.13% | - |
| 2012 | $56,210 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $60,800 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for pipelayers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of pipelayers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 17.7 percent (17.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 51.6 percent (51.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying Visalia-Porterville.