The annual salary statistics of set and exhibit designers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of set and exhibit designers 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 | $49,700 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $59,790 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $71,010 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $84,760 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $97,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for set and exhibit designers 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 $97,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $71,010. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,700.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of set and exhibit designers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $71,010 | 14.67% | 10.90% |
| 2021 | $60,590 | -5.35% | - |
| 2020 | $63,830 | 11.37% | - |
| 2019 | $56,570 | -0.27% | - |
| 2018 | $56,720 | -4.13% | - |
| 2017 | $59,060 | -3.34% | - |
| 2016 | $61,030 | 14.45% | - |
| 2015 | $52,210 | 14.48% | - |
| 2014 | $44,650 | -9.45% | - |
| 2013 | $48,870 | -29.47% | - |
| 2012 | $63,270 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $71,010 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is in the middle of salary range for set and exhibit designers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of set and exhibit designers in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 17.4 percent (17.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 49.9 percent (49.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura.