The annual salary statistics of surgical technologists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of surgical technologists 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 | $59,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $74,810 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $79,540 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $101,950 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $111,180 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for surgical technologists 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 $111,180. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $79,540. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $59,200.
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 | $79,540 | 2.79% | 25.01% |
| 2021 | $77,320 | 4.89% | - |
| 2020 | $73,540 | 6.61% | - |
| 2019 | $68,680 | 3.92% | - |
| 2018 | $65,990 | -8.85% | - |
| 2017 | $71,830 | 6.77% | - |
| 2016 | $66,970 | 2.43% | - |
| 2015 | $65,340 | 6.80% | - |
| 2014 | $60,900 | -1.25% | - |
| 2013 | $61,660 | 3.26% | - |
| 2012 | $59,650 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $79,540 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is in the middle of salary range for surgical technologists in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of surgical technologists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 6.3 percent (6.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 41.9 percent (41.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Hanford-Corcoran.