The annual salary statistics of surgical technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of surgical technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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 | $41,280 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $49,580 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $59,460 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $70,320 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,430 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surgical technologists in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $78,430. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,460. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $41,280.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of surgical technologists from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $59,460 | 4.04% | 18.55% |
| 2016 | $57,060 | 0.96% | - |
| 2015 | $56,510 | 5.84% | - |
| 2014 | $53,210 | -2.09% | - |
| 2013 | $54,320 | 10.84% | - |
| 2012 | $48,430 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $59,460 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale 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-Glendale is 30.0 percent (30.0%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 22.3 percent (22.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.