The annual salary statistics of systems software developers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of systems software developers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $89,640 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $110,040 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $136,150 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $161,610 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $193,190 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for systems software developers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $193,190. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $136,150. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $89,640.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of systems software developers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $136,150 | 1.32% | 20.01% |
| 2016 | $134,350 | 2.71% | - |
| 2015 | $130,710 | 9.46% | - |
| 2014 | $118,340 | 3.27% | - |
| 2013 | $114,470 | 4.87% | - |
| 2012 | $108,900 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $136,150, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is the second highest paying city for systems software developers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $144,210). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of systems software developers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 5.6 percent (5.6%) lower.