The annual salary statistics of survey researchers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of survey researchers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $38,500 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $38,500 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $53,750 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $66,060 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $89,590 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for survey researchers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $89,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,750. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,500.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of survey researchers from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $53,750 | -12.30% | -18.55% |
| 2021 | $60,360 | 7.44% | - |
| 2020 | $55,870 | -2.94% | - |
| 2018 | $57,510 | 32.86% | - |
| 2017 | $38,610 | -40.53% | - |
| 2016 | $54,260 | -47.48% | - |
| 2015 | $80,020 | 8.16% | - |
| 2014 | $73,490 | -4.31% | - |
| 2013 | $76,660 | 16.88% | - |
| 2012 | $63,720 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $53,750 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for survey researchers in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of survey researchers in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 28.6 percent (28.6%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 7.3 percent (7.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara.