The annual salary statistics of tax preparers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of tax preparers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City 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 | $36,390 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,950 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $63,860 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,250 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $121,750 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for tax preparers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $121,750. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $63,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,390.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of tax preparers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $63,860 | 2.51% | 6.81% |
| 2016 | $62,260 | -8.83% | - |
| 2015 | $67,760 | -4.78% | - |
| 2014 | $71,000 | 18.32% | - |
| 2013 | $57,990 | -2.62% | - |
| 2012 | $59,510 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $63,860, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is the second highest paying city for tax preparers in state of California, following the highest paying city Oakland-Fremont-Hayward (median annual salary of $81,710). Compared with Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, the median annual salary of tax preparers in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 21.8 percent (21.8%) lower.