The annual salary statistics of sociologists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of sociologists 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 | $75,040 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $97,490 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $133,060 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $150,350 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $163,800 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sociologists 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 $163,800. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $133,060. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $75,040.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sociologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $133,060 | 30.41% | 40.12% |
| 2019 | $92,600 | -11.60% | - |
| 2018 | $103,340 | 22.90% | - |
| 2015 | $79,670 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $79,670 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $133,060, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for sociologists in state of California, following the highest paying city Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim (median annual salary of $138,110). Compared with Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, the median annual salary of sociologists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 3.7 percent (3.7%) lower.