The annual salary statistics of sound engineering technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of sound engineering technicians 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 | $44,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $58,680 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $70,000 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $102,120 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $133,770 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for sound engineering technicians 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 $133,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $70,000. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $44,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of sound engineering technicians from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $70,000 | 8.24% | 40.30% |
| 2020 | $64,230 | 0.56% | - |
| 2019 | $63,870 | 5.26% | - |
| 2017 | $60,510 | -6.76% | - |
| 2016 | $64,600 | -16.80% | - |
| 2015 | $75,450 | 4.02% | - |
| 2014 | $72,420 | 38.99% | - |
| 2013 | $44,180 | 5.41% | - |
| 2012 | $41,790 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $70,000, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the second highest paying city for sound engineering technicians in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $78,560). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of sound engineering technicians in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 10.9 percent (10.9%) lower.