The annual and hourly salary statistics of surgeons in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively. The wage information of surgeons in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2012 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
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| 90th Percentile Wage | |
| 75th Percentile Wage | |
| 50th Percentile Wage | |
| 25th Percentile Wage | |
| 10th Percentile Wage |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surgeons in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $82,500. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $49,580. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $40,450.
| Percentile Bracket | Average Hourly Salary |
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| 90th Percentile Wage | |
| 75th Percentile Wage | |
| 50th Percentile Wage | |
| 25th Percentile Wage | |
| 10th Percentile Wage |
Table 2 shows the average hourly salary for surgeons in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California. The median hourly salary is $39.67. The average hourly salary of the 25th percentile is $23.84. The average hourly salary for the bottom 10 percent is $19.45.
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $82,500, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is the lowest paying city for surgeons in state of California, following city of San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos (median annual salary of $184,500). Compared with the highest paying city San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, the median annual salary of surgeons in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is 55.3 percent (55.3%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | |
| Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine | |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward | |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont |
From Table 4, it is noted that the median annual salary of surgeons in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont is higher than that of both state of California and the United States. Specifically, the median salary of surgeons in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont ($82,500) is 100.0 percent (100.0%) higher than that in California ($0) and 100.0 percent (100.0%) higher than that in the United States ($0).
| Region | Median annual Salary |
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| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| California | |
| USA |