The annual salary statistics of solar photovoltaic installers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of solar photovoltaic installers 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 | $49,170 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $51,920 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $57,720 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $62,660 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $77,560 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for solar photovoltaic installers 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 $77,560. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $57,720. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $49,170.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of solar photovoltaic installers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $57,720 | 1.39% | 35.29% |
| 2021 | $56,920 | 13.04% | - |
| 2020 | $49,500 | 4.30% | - |
| 2019 | $47,370 | 4.01% | - |
| 2018 | $45,470 | -1.96% | - |
| 2017 | $46,360 | 1.73% | - |
| 2016 | $45,560 | 2.50% | - |
| 2015 | $44,420 | 15.94% | - |
| 2013 | $37,340 | -0.03% | - |
| 2012 | $37,350 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $57,720, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for solar photovoltaic installers in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $60,810). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of solar photovoltaic installers in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 5.1 percent (5.1%) lower.