The annual salary statistics of radio and television announcers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of radio and television announcers 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 | $30,000 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $36,910 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,750 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,980 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $96,520 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for radio and television announcers 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 $96,520. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,750. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $30,000.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of radio and television announcers from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $49,750 | -15.96% | 5.11% |
| 2020 | $57,690 | 7.37% | - |
| 2019 | $53,440 | 13.29% | - |
| 2018 | $46,340 | 3.04% | - |
| 2017 | $44,930 | -5.07% | - |
| 2016 | $47,210 | 8.09% | - |
| 2015 | $43,390 | -8.80% | - |
| 2012 | $47,210 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $49,750 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for radio and television announcers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of radio and television announcers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 21.1 percent (21.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville and 48.6 percent (48.6%) higher than that in the lowest paying North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area.