The annual salary statistics of social science research assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of social science research assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $47,930 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $47,930 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,830 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $80,560 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $93,850 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for social science research assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $93,850. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,830. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,930.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of social science research assistants from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $63,830 | 25.11% | 41.99% |
| 2021 | $47,800 | -10.36% | - |
| 2020 | $52,750 | 7.01% | - |
| 2019 | $49,050 | -0.31% | - |
| 2018 | $49,200 | -11.87% | - |
| 2017 | $55,040 | -14.75% | - |
| 2016 | $63,160 | 17.10% | - |
| 2015 | $52,360 | 3.69% | - |
| 2014 | $50,430 | 24.23% | - |
| 2013 | $38,210 | 3.09% | - |
| 2012 | $37,030 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $63,830, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is the second highest paying city for social science research assistants in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $73,280). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of social science research assistants in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 12.9 percent (12.9%) lower.