The annual salary statistics of traffic technicians in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of traffic technicians 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 | $37,680 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $75,720 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $81,010 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $81,010 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $102,600 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for traffic technicians 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 $102,600. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $81,010. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $37,680.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of traffic technicians from 2012 to 2021.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 9-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | $81,010 | 24.00% | 28.61% |
| 2019 | $61,570 | 7.60% | - |
| 2018 | $56,890 | 5.24% | - |
| 2017 | $53,910 | -7.27% | - |
| 2016 | $57,830 | 0.00% | - |
| 2012 | $57,830 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $81,010, San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is the second highest paying city for traffic technicians in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $85,210). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of traffic technicians in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 4.9 percent (4.9%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont | |
| San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos | |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City | |
| Oakland-Fremont-Hayward | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana | |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | |
| Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville | |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale |