The annual salary statistics of transportation security screeners in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of transportation security screeners 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 | $48,050 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $48,070 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $53,620 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $58,000 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $64,300 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for transportation security screeners 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 $64,300. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $53,620. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,050.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of transportation security screeners from 2012 to 2020.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 8-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $53,620 | 5.89% | 21.62% |
| 2019 | $50,460 | 9.93% | - |
| 2018 | $45,450 | 1.30% | - |
| 2017 | $44,860 | 1.11% | - |
| 2016 | $44,360 | 0.07% | - |
| 2015 | $44,330 | 2.05% | - |
| 2014 | $43,420 | 2.26% | - |
| 2013 | $42,440 | 0.97% | - |
| 2012 | $42,030 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $53,620, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for transportation security screeners in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $56,370). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of transportation security screeners in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 4.9 percent (4.9%) lower.