The annual salary statistics of surgical technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of surgical technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim 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 | $42,840 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $60,540 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $66,320 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $82,940 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $85,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surgical technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $85,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $66,320. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $42,840.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surgical technologists from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $66,320 | -11.96% | 13.77% |
| 2021 | $74,250 | 18.32% | - |
| 2020 | $60,650 | 1.19% | - |
| 2019 | $59,930 | 1.65% | - |
| 2018 | $58,940 | 0.05% | - |
| 2017 | $58,910 | 2.92% | - |
| 2016 | $57,190 | 0.82% | - |
| 2015 | $56,720 | -0.83% | - |
| 2012 | $57,190 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $66,320 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for surgical technologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of surgical technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 21.9 percent (21.9%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 30.3 percent (30.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.